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put-down
[ poot-doun ]
noun
- a landing of an aircraft.
- Informal.
- a disparaging, belittling, or snubbing remark.
- a remark or act intended to humiliate or embarrass someone.
put down
verb
- to make a written record of
- to repress
to put down a rebellion
- to consider; account
they put him down for an ignoramus
- to attribute
I put the mistake down to his inexperience
- to put to death, because of old age or illness
the vet put the cat down
- to table on the agenda
the MPs put down a motion on the increase in crime
- to put (a baby) to bed
- to dismiss, reject, or humiliate
noun
- a cruelly crushing remark
Word History and Origins
Origin of put-down1
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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