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View synonyms for put-down

put-down

or put·down

[ poot-doun ]

noun

  1. a landing of an aircraft.
  2. Informal.
    1. a disparaging, belittling, or snubbing remark.
    2. a remark or act intended to humiliate or embarrass someone.


put down

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a cruelly crushing remark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of put-down1

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase put down
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Example Sentences

Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.

Diana Showman, 19, had come out of her house, ignored demands to put down the weapon, and was shot once.

“The point of the report is to put down a marker for future generations,” he said.

Both dogs became ferocious after the shootings, and had to be put down.

Just weeks before the Somme, British soldiers put down the rising, leaving much of the city in ruins.

A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.

The Professor put down his cards without a word, and left the room, going straight upstairs.

Now this morning I saw it put down for to-day Very pleasant, and I knew for sartin it would rain before night.

Another female person, whom I put down as Madam Stone, arose and disappeared through an open door at my approach.

I put down my haid, and was just kinda dragged up the aisle and onto the platform.

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