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get sb down phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
If something gets you down, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed
The chaos in his house was starting to get him down.
I know it's frustrating, but don't let it get you down.
(Definition of get sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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