What is "get down"

vb. 1 To bring or come down; descend. 2 To concentrate; attend. 3 To depress; discourage; fatigue. 4 To swallow. 5 To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment. 6 (context informal English) To duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative. 7 (context informal English) To dance with abandon. 8 (context British informal of a child English) To leave the table after dine. 9 (''also take down'') To record in writing.

1. v. lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!"

2. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, let down, bring down] [ant: raise]

3. get off (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off]

4. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" [syn: swallow]

5. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate]

6. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. [syn: write down, set down, put down]

7. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end]

"Get Down" is a song by English electronic music group Groove Armada. It features Stush and unofficially credited Red Rat. It was released officially on 23 April 2007. The song had already been released as an EP on the iTunes Store. The CD and downloads contain remixes of the song. Pleix created a music video for the title track. It peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Groove Armada's first top ten single. The pixel art album cover was designed by eBoy.

The song later reached number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart.

"Get Down (You're the One for Me)" is the third single released by the Backstreet Boys from their international self-titled debut album. It was later included on their US debut album as well. In some countries "Get Down" was released as their debut single. The song features a rap with the first verse by Smooth T. of the group Fun Factory, and the second by band member A. J. McLean. When performed live, other than a few isolated cases in which Smooth T. was able to join the band, McLean raps alternate lyrics during Smooth T.'s verse. The alternate first rap verse was recorded for the song, and was used in the Markus Plastik Vocal Remix of the song is: "So get ready - ready for the flavor we are bringin' / It's time I set it off and get your body swingin' / When we're alone, girl, I wanna push up / Can I get it? (yeah!) Everybody throw your hands up." The song was premiered on the German music program, Radio Regenbogen, on February 17, 1996 in front of a live audience. The song won a MTV Europe Video Music award.

"Get Down" is a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan, from his album I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter. Released as a single, it spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1973, was also a number-one hit in Ireland and a top-ten hit in the United States and Canada. The song was originally used by O'Sullivan as a piano warm-up tune, but was eventually extended into a full song.

Believed to be an order from O'Sullivan to his dog ("Get Down!"), the singer is actually referring to a girl in the song behaving as a dog jumping on him, hence the request to "get down".

The song has also been used in the film The Harry Hill Movie.

"Get Down" is the debut single by Canadian boy band b4-4 from their debut self-tited album, B4-4. The song was very successful in Canada, peaking at #4 on Canada's Singles Chart. The song was also featured on MuchDance 2001. The song's producers, Jason Levine and James McCollum, were nominated for "Best Producer" for the song at the 2001 Juno Awards.

"Get Down" is a song by Belgian DJ Laurent Wéry, from his debut album Ready for the Night. The song was written by SSerge Ramaekers, Chantal Kashala, Laurent Wery. It was released in Belgium as a digital download on 1 March 2010.

"Get Down" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter James Arthur. It was released on 3 March 2014 as the fourth single from his self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur (2013).

"Get Down" was the second single released from Craig Mack's debut album, Project: Funk da World.

"Get Down" is the third and final single released from Nas' 2002 album God's Son. It features descriptive storytelling by Nas and funk-based production by Nas and Salaam Remi. In addition to elements of Funky Drummer, the track samples "The Boss" by James Brown which was previously made famous by the West Coast rapper Ice-T on his 1990 single " You Played Yourself"; the same sample was used in Poor Righteous Teachers' song "Word from the Wise" and Lord Finesse's "Bad Mutha". It was not as popular as Nas' previous two singles from God's Son, but still reached #76 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.