See get down on Wiktionary
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"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "I can't wait to get home and get down.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To use a drug, especially heroin."
],
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"heroin",
"heroin"
]
],
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"(intransitive, slang, US) To use a drug, especially heroin."
],
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{
"word": "shoot up"
}
],
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"intransitive",
"slang"
]
},
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
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"text": "I've got this process down.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To do or perform well; to make happen; to make a serious effort at doing something."
],
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"(transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To do or perform well; to make happen; to make a serious effort at doing something."
],
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"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"American English",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "He's gotta get down on this sure thing.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bet on (something); to place bets; to gamble."
],
"links": [
[
"gamble",
"gamble"
]
],
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"(transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To bet on (something); to place bets; to gamble."
],
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"US",
"intransitive",
"slang",
"transitive"
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},
{
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, down."
],
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"get",
"get#English"
],
[
"down",
"down#English"
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]
}
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