Definition of "put down"

put down

verb
third-person singular simple present puts down, present participle putting down, simple past and past participle put down
1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ down.
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  "There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? Put it down, Jacob! Drop it this moment!
  1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960,
  As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference.
  1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 105
2. (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
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  People try to put us down / Just because we get around.
  1965, The Who, My Generation
3. (of money as deposit) To pay.
4. To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
  Quotations
  For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
  When the Nexus first arrived in Andromeda and an uprising arose among the desperate crew, it was William Spender who convinced clan leader Nakmor Morda to put down the mutineers. By all accounts, it did not go well.
  2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Nexus: William Spender Codex entry
5. (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
  Quotations
  A couple walking in Kirkleatham Woods, Redcar, heard whimpering and found the terrier-type animal in a mound of earth at about midday. It was rushed to a vet but its injuries were so serious it had to be put down.
  2016, Dog found buried alive in Redcar with nail in head‎, BBC
6. (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
7. To write (something).
  Quotations
  I hope you don't mindThat I put down in wordsHow wonderful life is while you're in the world
  1970, Elton John, Bernie Taupin (lyrics and music), “Your Song”, in Elton John, performed by Elton John
8. To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
  Quotations
  Ray eventually called at 7pm and took the school’s side. He sounded imperious and distant and made me even angrier.I told him he sounded just like my father, and put the phone down on him.
  1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary
9. To add a name to a list.
10. (UK) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
11. (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
12. (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
13. (aviation, idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
14. (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
15. (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
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plural put downs
1. Alternative spelling of put-down

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