got down

Example Sentences

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“The clock got down a little bit lower than we would have liked,” Roseman said, “but we were able to get in touch with him and obviously select him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The family that includes a 10, 11 and 18-year-old had come into town from Minnesota for a baseball trip -- "we didn't know it was happening until we got down here," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Then Bishop got down to business, telling the kids to stand up and recite Shakespeare’s great Sonnet 65—the one that begins “Since brass, nor stone, nor earth…” They did, flawlessly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The 26-year-old then got down one one knee and asked an emotional Lucy to marry him - she said yes.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Bill and I got down and went into the posada.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway