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- stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground:"Harry put down his cup" · "once I settled into the book I found it almost impossible to put down"
- record something in writing:"he's putting a few thoughts down on paper"
- make a recording of a piece of music:"I'll put a load of drum loops down"
- suppress a rebellion, riot, or other disturbance by force:"the security forces put down a coup attempt in the capital"
- enter someone's name on a list as wishing to do, join, or subscribe to something:"he put his name down to stand for the Green party" · "he put his son down for Eton"
- consider someone or something to be of a particular type or to have a particular cause:"his achievement was put down to luck" · "if I forget anything, put it down to old age" · "I'd have put you down as a Stones fan"
- pay a specified sum as a deposit:"he put a thousand down and paid the rest over six months"
- kill an animal because it is sick, injured, or old:"the horse's condition deteriorated and he was put down"
- informalcriticize someone:"he put me down in front of my own employees" · "stop putting yourself down"
- preserve or store food or wine for future use:"I put down twelve quarts of pickles" · "the claret was put down for aging"
- land an aircraft:"the pilot had to put down in a field" · "Shelton put the plane safely down on a taxiway"
- lay a baby down to sleep:"she went off very quickly when I put her down"
Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone:
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- The term "put down" has several meanings12:
- To bring something to an end or stop it.
- To make a written record of something.
- To repress or suppress (e.g., put down a rebellion).
- To attribute or assign a cause (e.g., put a mistake down to inexperience).
- To put an animal to death, usually due to old age or illness.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.put down; putting down; puts down transitive verb 1 : to bring to an end : stop put down a riotwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put-downput down verb(tr, adverb) to make a written record of to repress: to put down a rebellion to consider; account: they put him down for an ignoramus to attribute: I put the mistake down to his inexperience to put to death, because of old age or illness: the vet put the cat downwww.dictionary.com/browse/put-down Explore further
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