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61put down as — PHRASAL VERB If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing. [V n P P n/ ing] I think they ll put her down as being one of our best Prime Ministers. Syn: classify as …
62put down to — PHRASAL VERB If you put something down to a particular thing, you believe that it is caused by that thing. [V n P P n] You may be a sceptic and put it down to life s inequalities. Syn: attribute …
63put down to — (from Idioms in Speech) to say that something is the cause of; to attribute James gave him a sharp look, but the architect appeared unconscious, and he put the answer down to mishearing. (J. Galsworthy) When lunch time came and he realized with a …
64put down — place or set down; write down, put to print; crush, repress (riots); humiliate, belittle (Slang); kill or destroy (animals); disgrace, shame, crushing retort …
65put down to — verb to state the cause of a situation. I put the high crime rate down to the high unemployment …
66put down for — verb to record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something. Put me down for one of the drivers …
67put down — I attribute; inscribe, write down; slang, suppress, smash; slang, snub. See attribution, writing, restraint, contempt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. silence, repress, crush; see defeat 1 , 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring to an end forcibly …
68put down — Euthanize, put to sleep …
69put-down — noun Date: 1962 an act or instance of putting down; especially a humiliating remark …
70put down — 1. Deposit, lay down. 2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy, conquer. 3. Degrade, confute, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble, extinguish, suppress. 4. Confute, silence …
