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
• Get ready to get down to tracks from Prince and the Queen B all night long.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• Carlile then picks up her cell and the pair get down to business.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2022
• The knife arrives super sharp and ready to get down to work.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• That really does get down to why I was drawn to the book.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• Take a deep breath, count to three, and get down to your child's eye level.
  — Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 16 June 2023
• Three plays later, Bigsby broke off a 19-yard run to get down to the 1-yard line.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Hoff sees this ability to get down to basics as one of his strengths.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022
• Now that he’s sworn in, Garcia is eager to get down to business.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
• Then the Big 12 can get down to whatever future awaits.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
• And Jeremy was certainly very keen to get down to the water’s edge.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 May 2023
• 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
• Need you to get down to Laguna Beach fast and see if her family will talk to you.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• Gemini May 21 – June 20 Roll up your sleeves and get down to business.
  — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
• 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
• A lot of people get down to accepting the way everything is.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Firefighters were the first to respond and had to use ladders on the old bridge to get down to the people and rescue them before the boat sank, Livengood said.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
• 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
• Teams must get down to the 53-man roster limit for the regular season by Tuesday.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 30 Aug. 2021
• Happy Birthday: Put your emotions aside and get down to business.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
• 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
• Generally, the narration cuts off right as the dragons get down to it.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2024
• 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
• And when the two parties get down to hard bargaining, there is no unseemly discord.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024