Definition of put down - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"

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put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

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cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

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reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

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leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

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put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

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put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

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make a record of; set down in permanent form

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Synonyms

bring down degrade demean destroy discharge disgrace drop drop off enter get down land lay place down record repose set down take down unload write down

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More General Terms

abase arrive chagrin come deliver get humble humiliate kill lay mortify place pose position preserve put save set write

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More Specific Terms

accession air-drop blow book bury chalk up chronicle clock in clock on clock up dash down dash off dehumanise dehumanize document entomb file file away film flump inhume inscribe inter keep lay lay to rest log log up maintain manifest mark notate notch note photograph plank plonk plop plump plump down plunk plunk down post punch in rail rebury record reduce register ring up score shoot snap take take down tally tape transcribe videotape wharf

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