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- put down
- To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book)
I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.
- put down
- To insult, belittle, or demean
Just because we get around.
- put down
- To write something
Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
- put down
- To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle
The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
- put down
- 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.
- put 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!.
- put down
- To make prices, or taxes, lower
BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
- put down
- To place a baby somewhere to sleep
I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
- put down
- To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase
We put down a $1,000 deposit.
- put down
- To add a name to a list
I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
- put down
- To land an aircraft
The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
- put down
- Alternative spelling of put-down
- 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.
- put down
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force
The government quickly put down an insurrection.
- 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
