Lexic.us

Definition of Put down

1. Verb. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. "Set down your bags here"

2. Verb. Put in a horizontal position. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

3. Verb. Cause to come to the ground. "The pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

4. Verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. "His critics took him down after the lecture"

5. Verb. Leave or unload. "Drop off the passengers at the hotel"

6. Verb. Put (an animal) to death. "The sick cat had to be put down"

7. Verb. Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc..

8. Verb. Make a record of; set down in permanent form.

Definition of Put down

1. Verb. (&lit put down) ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. ¹

3. Verb. (context: of money as deposit) To pay. ¹

4. Verb. To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. ¹

5. Verb. (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal). ¹

6. Verb. To write (something). ¹

7. Verb. (context: of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up. ¹

8. Verb. To add a name to a list. ¹

9. Verb. To make prices, or taxes, lower. ¹

10. Verb. (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep. ¹

11. Verb. (idiomatic of an aircraft) To land. ¹

12. Verb. (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. ¹

13. Verb. (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). ¹

14. Noun. (alternative spelling of put-down) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Down

put a lid on it put a sock in it put a stop to put about put across put all one's eggs in one basket put an end to put aside put at ease put away

put back put behind bars put by put case put differently put down (current term) put down for put down roots put down to put downs

put food on the table put forth put forward put hair on someone's chest put heads together put horns on put in put in motion put in place put in practice

Literary usage of Put down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1863)
"History teems with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not suppressed forever, it may be thrown back for centuries. To speak only of religious ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... 1920, the council advertised for bids for the construction of said sidewalks, and were proceeding to have the sidewalks put down at plaintiffs' expense. ..."

3. On Liberty by John Stuart ( Mill (1913)
"The Lollards wer« put down. The Hussites were pol down. Even after the era of Lui hit wherever persecution was persisted in, it was successful. ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Any day after this Order comes into operation on which the Plural Voting Bill is put down as the first Order of the Day, shall be considered as an allotted ..."

5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"... have of the The revolts steps by which all these movements were put down. ... were put down, and that they were put down without any great difficulty. ..."

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