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  • 51put down to — phr verb Put down to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑inexperience …

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  • 52put down — v To criticize. You put down everything I do! 1970s …

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  • 53put-down — criticism, disapproval    His speech was a put down of our policies very negative …

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  • 54put down roots — live in one place for years, buy land and raise a family    After moving from town to town, we put down roots in Moose Jaw …

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  • 55put down roots — they married and put down roots in Yemen Syn: settle, establish oneself, make one s home, set up home …

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  • 56put-down — noun, informal he was still smarting from the put down Syn: snub, slight, affront, rebuff, sneer, disparagement, humiliation, barb, jibe, criticism; informal dig …

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  • 57To put down — Put Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To …

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  • 58put down to experience — put (something) down to experience British, American & Australian, American & Australian to decide that instead of being upset about something bad that you have done or that has happened, you will learn from it. I m so ashamed. I let him take… …

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  • 59put down — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abase, abasement, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, affront, annihilate, ante, ante up, apply to, ascribe to, aspersion, asphyxiate, assign to, atrocity, attach to, attribute to …

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  • 60put down for — PHRASAL VERB If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing. [V n P P n] Put her down for a yes vote …

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