- get down to (doing) something
- get down to (doing) somethingto begin doing some kind of work in earnest. •
I have to get down to my typing.
•John, you get in here this minute and get down to that homework!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get down to (doing) something
Look at other dictionaries:
get down to business — To set to work seriously • • • Main Entry: ↑business * * * get down to business phrase to start doing something that you need to do I have a plane to catch, so let’s get down to business. Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
get down to something — ˌget ˈdown to sth derived to begin to do sth; to give serious attention to sth • Let s get down to business. • I like to get down to work by 9 … Useful english dictionary
get down to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get down to : present tense I/you/we/they get down to he/she/it gets down to present participle getting down to past tense got down to past participle got down to 1) get down to something to start doing… … English dictionary
get down — phrasal verb Word forms get down : present tense I/you/we/they get down he/she/it gets down present participle getting down past tense got down past participle got down 1) a) get someone down [transitive] informal to make someone feel sad or lose … English dictionary
get down to — PHRASAL VERB If you get down to something, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it. [V P P n] With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business … English dictionary
get down to business — to start doing something that you need to do I have a plane to catch, so let s get down to business … English dictionary
ˌget ˈdown to sth — phrasal verb to start doing something seriously or with a lot of effort After lunch we got down to discussing the issue of pay.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… … English World dictionary
get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 … Financial and business terms
