You can get down from them (5)
I believe the answer is:
geese
'you can get down from them' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for geese that I've seen before include "Sixth day of Christmas gift" , "Six of these are 'a-laying' on 31 December" , "Christmas birds" , "They come in gaggles and skeins" , "Simpletons" .)