How to Use get down to (something) in a Sentence
get down to (something)
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The goal of this game is to be the first player to get down to 0 points.
—USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
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Get ready to get down to tracks from Prince and the Queen B all night long.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
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Carlile then picks up her cell and the pair get down to business.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2022
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The knife arrives super sharp and ready to get down to work.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
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That really does get down to why I was drawn to the book.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
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Take a deep breath, count to three, and get down to your child's eye level.
—Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 16 June 2023
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Three plays later, Bigsby broke off a 19-yard run to get down to the 1-yard line.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022
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In fact, they're designed to get down to the basic way the brain and body interact.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
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The Beavers get down to the Bobcats’ 23, but then on third and 10, Nolan throws a pass after crossing the line of scrimmage.
—oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2022
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Hoff sees this ability to get down to basics as one of his strengths.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022
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Now that he’s sworn in, Garcia is eager to get down to business.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
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Then the Big 12 can get down to whatever future awaits.
—Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
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And Jeremy was certainly very keen to get down to the water’s edge.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 May 2023
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After bogeying three of the first four holes, Jordan Spieth has birdied three of the last five to get down to 1-over at the turn.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
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Need you to get down to Laguna Beach fast and see if her family will talk to you.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
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As a result, there may not enough room in the pores between soil particles for oxygen to get down to the roots.
—Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
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A lot of people get down to accepting the way everything is.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2024
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Get ready to freak out, freak out, freak out, and get down, get down, get down to Kelly Clarkson‘s newest Kellyoke cover.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
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Ever get down to the last gift of the bunch, and your final strip of wrapping paper is just too small to fully envelop the box?
—Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2020
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My program was 20 weeks long in total, and my target was to get down to 10 percent bodyfat.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 2022
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Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputies also responded and used ladders to get down to the victim and get him back up to the road.
—oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
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With this tool, golfers can get down to the nitty-gritty of basic mechanics to improve their game.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
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Teams must get down to the 53-man roster limit for the regular season by Tuesday.
—Paul Newberry, ajc, 30 Aug. 2021
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Just as American Idol is really starting to get down to the wire, the show is going on a (very) mini break.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2021
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Generally, the narration cuts off right as the dragons get down to it.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2024
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Our main location is at the JCC Manhattan and that has no stairs, no backway entrance to get down to the theater.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
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And when the two parties get down to hard bargaining, there is no unseemly discord.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024
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If you’re stuck at the office, don’t be afraid to get down to activate your lower body muscles during a long day of sitting.
—Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
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In the heyday of work-from-home/your-local-cafe-or-bar, there are a lot of bags that get down to business, much like my own small collection of fancy totes.
—Mariam Rahmani, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
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In Washington, Modi will get down to business: China, weapons, Ukraine, trade, all that.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
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