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71get down to some serious drinking — in. to ettle down to a long session of drinking. □ Well, now we can get down to some serious drinking. □ When the kids go to bed, let’s get down to some serious drinking …
72get down to the nitty-gritty — in. to get own to the basic facts. (See also nitty gritty.) □ Stop messing around and get down to the nitty gritty. □ If we could only get down to the nitty gritty and stop wasting time …
73get down with — verb a) To become good friends with somebody, or group of people. It was pretty easy for me to get down with the crew... b) To join in an activity with somebody, or group of people. Its not easy to get down with a group in which every instrument… …
74get down to the brass tasks — v. come to the point, get to the basics, get to the real issue, get down to bedrock …
75get down to the nitty gritty — v. come to the point, get to the basics, get to the basic elements, come to the fundamental parts, get down to bedrock …
76get down to brass tacks — When people get down to brass tacks, they start to discuss the essential aspects of a problem or situation. The situation was so serious that after a few polite exchanges they quickly got down to brass tacks …
77get down to brass tacks — become serious about it, knuckle down As soon as I m feeling better I ll get down to brass tacks …
78get down off your high horse — come/get (down) off your high horse to stop talking as if you were better or more clever than other people. It s time you came down off your high horse and admitted you might have made a mistake …
79get down from — phr verb Get down from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑shelf …
80get down to business — work seriously, not waste time or effort Let s get down to business, he said. We have much to do …