get down
Example Sentences
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After the pleasantries and the pretending are out of the way, we get down to details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Firefighters climbed stairs and ran toward mortal danger, while a cascade of people tried as hard as they could to get down.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The court heard Fong also called into the garden for Cookie to get down, which is when Jones came towards her "wobbly".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Then I started thinking about summer imagery: ‘Folks get down in the sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine, just bees and things and flowers.’
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
I had to get down from this tree safely and keep moving.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
