Sekirov Dictionary

put down

verb 16
/ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/ noun 1
forms 4

verb16

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To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.
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To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.
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To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- The government quickly put down the insurrection.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
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To write (something).
- Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
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To add a name to a list.
- I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
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To insult, belittle, or demean.
- They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
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(euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
(euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
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To give something as a reason for something else.
- She put her long life down to daily meditation.
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Of money as deposit, to pay.
- We put down a $1,000 deposit.
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To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
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(UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
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Of an aircraft, to land.
- The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
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To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
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(US, slang) To drink.
- I put down two bottles of red wine.
(no longer used) To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.

put-down

/ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/

noun1

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An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.
- When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.

forms

putting down · puts down · put downs · put-downs

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