Snappy  +  964280 Sat, 07 Nov 09 01:32 PM What is the opposite word for "lift" or "lift up"? Can I use "lift down" to move down the things that are slung? Snappy Joined on Tue, Mar 24 2009 Kobe, Japan Full Member 209

	optilang  +  964285 Sat, 07 Nov 09 01:39 PM Hi I would say 'let down' or 'lower' optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,520 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	Philip  +  964398 Sat, 07 Nov 09 04:14 PM Just yesterday I asked a friend to help me lift a heavy box down from the shelf.  I didn't even notice that it was the opposite of 'lift/lift up'. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,726 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Relationships, Friendships, Friends

	CalifJim  +  964448 Sat, 07 Nov 09 05:24 PM Snappy “things that are slung” Slung?  If you're thinking of something more violent than "set down" or "put down", you can say "throw down". lift up - set (back) down is my preferred pair.  Then there's get down - put (back) up. Let's lift up this box and then set it down over there. Let's get this box down from the shelf and then put it back up on this shelf over here. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,379 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche