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Get down = depress someone
SpokenEnglish II
Example: The miserable weather in winter reallygets me down.
Get down to = start work '
Example: I find it extremely difficult toget down to doing any revi- sion for examinations.
Get in = arrangefor someone to do a job
Example: The air conditioning has broken down, we'll have toget
a technician in to fix it.
Get in = arrive (train" plane" etc.)
Example: Her planegets in at 2am our time.
Get in = arrive home
Example: She didn'tget in till twelve o'clock because she'd been out for a few drinks with her mates.
Get in = enter a car or taxi
Example: The taxi pulled up and wegot in.
Get off = escape punishment
Example: He got off on a technicality and left the court as a free man.
Get off =leave a bus" train" etc.
EXample: Wegot offthe bus and walked to my house.
Get offwith = have casual sex with
Example: He got offwith her at the party.
Get on = continue doing something
Example: The teacher asked the pupils to get on with some work quietly as she had to leave the classroom.
Get on = enter a bus" train" plane" etc.
