see|put-down
English
Etymology
From put + down
Verb
to put down
- To set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.
#: Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?
- idiom To insult, belittle, or demean.
#: They put down their little sister for walking slowly.
- To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.
#: We put down a $1,000 deposit.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
#: The government quickly put down an insurrection.
- euphemism To administer euthanasia to, as an animal too old or ill to cure.
#: Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
- To write something.
#: Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
- To replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up.
#: Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him,too.
- To add a name to a list.
#: I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
- To make prices, or taxes, lower.
#: BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
- idiom To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
#: I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
- idiom To land an aircraft.
#: The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
- idiom To drop off|drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
#: The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
Translations
trans-top|set down, stop carrying
French: poser
trans-mid
Russian: ��ави�� (stávit') impf, по��ави�� (postávit') pf
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trans-top|administer euthanasia to an animal
Italian: abbattere
trans-mid
Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�плÑ�Ñ�Ñ� (usypl'át') impf, Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�пиÑ�Ñ� (usypÃt') pf
trans-bottom
Derived terms
put someone down as
put down for
put down to
Related terms
put up
Noun
en-noun|sg=put down
- alternative spelling of|put-down
Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English verbs
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