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1put down — verb 1. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (Freq. 6) set down your bags here • Syn: ↑set down, ↑place down • Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑ …
2put down — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to bring to an end ; stop < put down a riot > 2. a. depose, degrade b. disparage, belittle < mentioned his poetry only to put it down > …
3put down as — ˌput ˈdown as [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they put down as he/she/it puts down as present participle putting down as past tense put down as …
4put-down — put downs also put down N COUNT A put down is something that you say or do to criticize someone or make them appear foolish. [INFORMAL] I see the term as a put down of women... She was getting very sick of Mick s put downs …
5put-down — n [C usually singular] something you say that is intended to make someone feel stupid or unimportant = ↑snub ▪ She was tired of his put downs …
6was put in writing — was written down, was noted, was registered, was printed …
7Put Down Your Whip — Artwork title=Put Down Your Whip artist=Xu Beihong year=1939 type=Oil painting height=144 width=90 Put Down Your Whip is a 1939 oil painting by Chinese Realism painter Xu Beihong. Completed during Xu s stay in Singapore, the painting was… …
8put-down — noun a crushing remark • Syn: ↑squelch, ↑squelcher, ↑takedown • Derivationally related forms: ↑take down (for: ↑takedown), ↑squelch ( …
9put down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you put something down somewhere, you write or type it there. [V n P in/on n] Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date... [V P that] We ve put down on our staff development… …
10put down — {v. phr.} 1. To stop by force, crush. * /In 24 hours the general had entirely put down the rebellion./ 2. To put a stop to; check. * /She had patiently put down unkind talk by living a good life./ 3. To write a record of; write down. * /He put… …
