Definition von put-down im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark
When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.
- A put-down is something that you say or do to criticize someone or make them appear foolish. I see the term as a put-down of women. something you say that is intended to make someone feel stupid or unimportant = snub
- a crushing remark
- To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book)
I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.
- To insult, belittle, or demean
Just because we get around.
- To write something
Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
- To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle
The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
- To administer euthanasia to, as an animal too old or ill to cure
Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
- To set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location
There he is! cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. What has he got hold of? Put it down, Jacob! Drop it this moment!.
- To make prices, or taxes, lower
BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
- To place a baby somewhere to sleep
I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
- To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase
We put down a $1,000 deposit.
- To add a name to a list
I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
- To land an aircraft
The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
- Alternative spelling of put-down
- To replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up
Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him,too.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force
The government quickly put down an insurrection.
- put down for
- to record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something
You can put my wife down for 10$.
- put down roots
- to feel that one belong in a place
I haven't put down roots in this town yet, 'cause I've got trouble making friends here.
- put down roots
- to do things which show that one wishes to stay put
It might be hard for her to leave London after all these years, she's put down roots there.
- put down to
- to state the cause of a situation
I put the high crime rate down to the high unemployment.
- put one's foot down
- To insist, demand, or refuse
I finally put my foot down and demanded to talk to someone in charge.
- put one's foot down
- To make a car go faster, accelerate
- put someone down as
- to assume someone has a particular character from very little information
I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor!.
- put the hammer down
- To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator
- put one's foot down
- (deyim) Kararlı olmak, ayak diremek
- put the phone down
- (deyim) Put the telephone receiver back onto its base after you have finished talking to someone: She put the phone down and turned to me with a worried expression
- put the phone down on someone
- (deyim) End a telephone conversation with someone before they have finished speaking: How dare he put the phone down on me!
- put your foot down
- (US: floor it) Increase your speed when you are driving: "The road ahead was clear, so I put my foot down."
- put your foot down
- Use your authority to stop something happening: "When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my foot down."
- put down
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
- put down
- cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
- put down
- place or set down; write down, put to print; crush, repress (riots); humiliate, belittle (Slang); kill or destroy (animals); disgrace, shame, crushing retort
- put down
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
- put down
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- put down
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc
- put down
- When soldiers, police, or the government put down a riot or rebellion, they stop it by using force. Soldiers went in to put down a rebellion
- put down
- If you put something down somewhere, you write or type it there. Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date We've put down on our staff development plan for this year that we would like some technology courses I had prepared for the meeting by putting down what I wanted from them
- put down
- When an animal is put down, it is killed because it is dangerous or very ill. Magistrates ordered his dog Samson to be put down immediately They think that any legislation that involved putting down dogs was wrong
- put down
- If you put down some money, you pay part of the price of something, and will pay the rest later. He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000 He's got to put cash down
- put down
- put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
- put down
- leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo
- put down
- If someone puts you down, they treat you in an unpleasant way by criticizing you in front of other people or making you appear foolish. I know that I do put people down occasionally Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by. see also put-down
- put down an insurgency
- suppress a rebellion, crush an uprising
- put down coup attempt
- suppress an attempt at revolution, suppress an overthrow attempt
- put down the drain
- waste, squander
- put down to
- If you put something down to a particular thing, you believe that it is caused by that thing. You may be a sceptic and put it down to life's inequalities
- put himself down
- belittled his self-worth
- put one's foot down
- decide and act firmly, insist
- put one's name down for
- declare oneself as a candidate, register for -
- putdown
- alternative spelling of put-down
- putdown
- {i} humiliating act or comment; (Slang) rejection (of a person, idea, etc.); cancellation (Slang)