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put down

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verb

  1. to make a written record of
  2. to repress ⇒ to put down a rebellion
  3. to consider; account ⇒ they put him down for an ignoramus
  4. to attribute ⇒ I put the mistake down to his inexperience
  5. to put to death, because of old age or illness ⇒ the vet put the cat down
  6. to table on the agenda ⇒ the MPs put down a motion on the increase in crime
  7. to put (a baby) to bed
  8. to dismiss, reject, or humiliate

noun

put-down
  1. a cruelly crushing remark

Translations for 'put down'

  • British English: put-downput down A put-down is something that you say or do to criticize someone or make them appear foolish. NOUNI see the term as a put-down of women.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: crítica
  • Chinese: 轻蔑的话轻輕蔑的话話
  • European Spanish: menosprecio
  • French: humiliation
  • German: Herabsetzung
  • Italian: denigrazione
  • Japanese: こき下ろし
  • Korean: 남을 깔아 뭉게는 말
  • Portuguese: crítica
  • Spanish: señal de menosprecio

Example Sentences Including 'put down'

Care International said she had put down deep roots in Iraq.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)
Eppstadt ate a couple of mouthfuls of rare tuna, then put down his fork.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
I simply wait a few seconds, say absolutely nothing, then quietly put down the phone.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
Mr. Manley also has tentative plans to put down by next week half of the $75,000 deposit required for joining the campaign.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Says Philip: "We also put down a statement of strategic intent.
Business Today (1998)
The medical women could not stomach the way their male colleagues put down poor female hospital patients.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
The other one had been taken out of its wrapper and put down on the mantel shelf.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
This includes all the strange events which people put down to coincidence.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
We leave friends behind; we don't become regulars at the neighbourhood pub; we don't put down deep roots in a community.
Globe and Mail (2003)

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