Get down
Get down verb - Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
Start
Start verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment
Both terms in one sentence
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In UHF, when Stanley Spedowski makes his big motivational speech about his mop, he makes a metaphor about how when nothing else works you get down and start scrubbing with a toothbrush.
Source: Toothbrush Floor Scrubbing -
Quaggled Mireclopes: While standing, it may get down and start clawing its way across the arena.
Source: Video Game / Pikmin -
I wanna get down on my knees, and start pleasing Jesus: I wanna feel His salvation, all over my face...
Source: Stupid Sexy Flanders
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Start and Get down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_down/start
Get down & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_down/start>.
Start or Get down. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_down/start.
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