git-down n.
(US) the start, the beginning; the crux of a matter.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Homeboy 85: When they finally got down the gitdown, she was afraid she’d have to use Rustoleum. | |
| Portable Promised Land (ms.) 60: Ya got ta git-down wit the git-down. |
In compounds
(US) the start of a prostitute’s working ‘day’, when she gets down to business.
| Black Players 30: After the git-down time, me and my partner goin’ to the jam house for a little blow. |