get down
Dismount or groove
Get down centers on downward movement, literal or figurative.
You get down from a ladder or get down on your knees.
To get down to something is to begin serious work: Let's get down to business.
In casual speech, getting down means dancing or partying with abandon.
It also means performing oral sex.
To get someone down is to depress them: This weather is really getting me down.
Rhythmic blues music
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- funkDepression or groove music
- discoSeventies dance music
- breakdanceAcrobatic street-style movement
bust a move · pop and lock · freestyle · jive · salsa · tango · samba · mambo
Get off something ridden
- alightTo descend and settle
- lowerReduce or move downward
- dropFall or release
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
kneel · duck · stoop · squat · hunker · ladder · staircase · elevator
Reduced, potent form
- apply oneselfFocus diligently on something
- workEffort toward a goal
- tackleGear or takedown
- engageActively participate or connect
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- despairTotal absence of hope
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
discouragement · dejection · disheartenment · downheartedness · sorrow · blues · bummer · dispirit
boogie
Rhythmic blues music
breakdance · bust a move · pop and lock · freestyle · jive · salsa · tango · samba · mambo · swing
dismount
Get off something ridden
crouch · kneel · duck · stoop · squat · hunker · ladder · staircase · elevator · abseil
concentrate
Reduced, potent form
- apply oneselfFocus diligently on something
- workEffort toward a goal
- tackleGear or takedown
sadness
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- despairTotal absence of hope
dismay · discouragement · dejection · disheartenment · downheartedness · sorrow · blues · bummer · dispirit · dampen
transcribe
Convert to written form
log · capture · dictation · minutes · memorandum · notation · pen · scribble · chronicle
- dismountsdismount, hop off, jump off, step off, alight
- breakdancingbreakdancing, breaking, b-boy, b-boying, toprock
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- partyingparty animal, socializing, bachelor party, mingling, bachelorette