get down tosomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
B2
tostarttodirectyoureffortsandattentiontowards something:
I've got a lot ofworkto do, but I can'tseemto get down toit.
[+ -ing verb]UKI must get down tobookingthehotels.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- inaugurate
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup