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Definition of get down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

get down

phrasal verb
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get down
  1. (of children) (British English) to leave the table after a meal
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGet down is used with these nouns as the object:
    • inflation
    • weight
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get somebody down
  1. (informal) to make somebody feel sad or depressed
    • Don’t let it get you down too much.
get something down
  1. to swallow something, usually with difficulty
  2. to make a note of something synonym write down
    • Did you get his number down?
See get down in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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perspective
noun
 
 
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