"up for the downstroke" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-up for the downstroke.ogg
Etymology: From the Parliament album Up for the Down Stroke (1974) and the eponymous song. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} up for the downstroke (not comparable)
  1. (slang) Ready to get funky; ready to dance with abandon. Wikipedia link: Parliament (band), Up for the Down Stroke Tags: not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-up_for_the_downstroke-en-adj-taLL4SGd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "2013 November 14, Ed Masley, “10 best Parliament and Funkadelic albums”, in The Republic",
          "text": "The horn-fueled title track gave Parliament their first Top 10 appearance on the Billboard R&B charts, doing James Brown proud with its stuttering funk groove, its singalong chorus imploring us all to “Get up for the downstroke.”",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 March 20, “The 40 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: March 19-25, 2018”, in The Stranger",
          "text": "George Clinton is still a touring machine at age 76, still getting up for the downstroke, still giving you more of what you're funking for, still tearing the roof off the sucker.",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 July 24, Nikki Love, “George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic deliver a funky good time”, in Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder",
          "text": "The second those iconic beats dropped, we knew it was time to “get up for the downstroke.”",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 September 1, “The South London Soul Train Halloween Special with Afro Cluster (Live)”, in Resident Advisor",
          "text": "Time to get seriously up for the downstroke. Prepare to dance harder y'all!",
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        "(slang) Ready to get funky; ready to dance with abandon."
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