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

She called me to say, “I don’t know if this is the end of the road or not, but can you get down here and figure out how to get me home?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Here, both sides decided to get down to it from the get-go.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

“Yeah, we’ll play,” he said, motioning for me and Rondell to get down too.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña