Getting down drink in can? The opposite (6)
I believe the answer is:
noting
'getting down' is the definition.
(noting is a kind of getting down)
'drink in can? the opposite' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'drink' could be 'nog' (nog is a kind of drink) and 'nog' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noting that I've seen before include "Observing or taking down" , "Making brief record as memory aid" , "Observing and jotting down" , "Paying close attention to something" , "Seeing" .)