get down

Example Sentences

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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

After warm handshakes and a warning about Taiwan from Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Chinese president and Trump were due to get down to brass tacks on Friday with discussions on trade, geopolitics and AI.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"If the floors needed washing, we would have to get down on our hands and knees, even though we were pregnant," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

When the stock bottomed at a nearly two-year low that Nov. 3, the RSI was only able to get down to 34.95.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

When I get down to the bayou, I keep on walking, right past the pond and up the path I’d taken with Sandy just last night.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender