put down
[verb]
Synonyms:
- record, enter, set down, take down, write down
- stamp out, crush, quash, quell, repress, suppress
- usually with to: attribute, ascribe, impute, set down
- put to sleep, destroy, do away with, put out of its misery
- humiliate, disparage, mortify, shame, slight, snub

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Related Words: deride, lout, mock, razz, ridicule, taunt, twit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

put down phrasal verb (see also put)

1. PLACE put something/somebody ↔ down to put something or someone that you are holding or carrying onto a surface:
Put those heavy bags down for a minute.

2. CRITICIZE put somebody ↔ down to criticize someone and make them feel silly or stupid Synonym : belittle:
I hate the way Dave puts me down the whole time.
put yourself down
Stop putting yourself down.

3. WRITE put something ↔ down to write something, especially a name or number, on a piece of paper or on a list Synonym : write down:
Put down your name and address.

4. put down a revolution/revolt/rebellion etc to stop a revolution etc by using force:
The uprising was put down by the police and the army.

5. PAY put something ↔ down to pay part of the total cost of something, so that you can pay the rest later
put something ↔ down on
They put down a deposit on the goods until Christmas.

6. BABY put somebody down to put a baby in its bed:
We try to put Amy down at six every evening.

7. put the phone down to put the receiver back onto the telephone when you have finished speaking to someone Synonym : hang up
put the phone down on
She put the phone down on me (=suddenly ended the conversation).

8. KILL put something ↔ down to kill an animal without causing it pain, usually because it is old or sick Synonym : put something to sleep:
We had to have the dog put down.

9. I couldn’t put it down spoken used to say that you found a book, game etc extremely interesting:
Once I’d started reading it I just couldn’t put it down.

10. AIRCRAFT put (something) down if an aircraft puts down or if a pilot puts it down, it lands, especially because of an emergency:
The engine failed and the plane put down in the sea.

11. put down a motion/an amendment to suggest a subject, plan, change in the law etc for a parliament or committee to consider

12. LEAVE PASSENGER put somebody down British English to stop a vehicle so that passengers can get off at a particular place:
He asked the taxi to put him down at the end of the road.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˈput-down noun [countable usually singular]
something you say that is intended to make someone feel stupid or unimportant Synonym : snub:
She was tired of his put-downs.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

put down
1. • put down (someone)
to criticize someone, to make someone feel bad
He is always putting down his girlfriend in front of his friends.

2. • put down (something)
1). to stop something by force, to crush something
The government easily put down the rebellion by the rebel army.

2). to write a record of something, to write down something
He was asked by his company to put down his request for a transfer in writing.

3. • put down (an airplane)
to land an aircraft
The pilot put down the airplane very gently when they reached the airport.

4. • put down (an animal)
to take the life of an animal that is suffering
The farmer decided to put down the sick horse.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put down something
• put down (something)
1. to stop something by force, to crush something
The government easily put down the rebellion by the rebel army.

2. to write a record of something, to write down something
He was asked by his company to put down his request for a transfer in writing.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put 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 down the story while it was fresh in his mind.
4. To write a name in a list as agreeing to do something.
The banker put himself down for $1000.
Sheila put Barbara down for the decorations.
5. To decide the kind or class of; characterize.
He put the man down as a bum.
He put it down as a piece of bad luck.
6. To name as a cause; attribute.
He put the odd weather down to nuclear explosions.
7. To dig; drill; sink.
He put down a new well.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲