put down
put
pƊt
poot
down
daƊn
dawn
/pʊt ˈdaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "put down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to put down
[phrase form: put]
01

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to stop carrying something by putting it on the ground
Transitive: to put down sth
to put down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the end of the meeting, everyone put down their pens and closed their notebooks.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇, āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύ⧋āϟāĻŦ⧁āĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āχāωāĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

to mercifully end the life of a sick or elderly animal to prevent further suffering
Transitive: to put down an animal
to put down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tearfully made the decision to put her aging dog down.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to land an aircraft, especially in case of emergency
Intransitive
to put down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The helicopter had a mechanical issue and had to put down in an open field.
āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻĒā§āϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to write and record information, like in books or documents
Transitive: to put down information
to put down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project manager encouraged team members to put down their contributions in the collaborative document.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻļā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to gently place a baby in a crib or bed for sleep or rest
Transitive: to put down a baby
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I'll feed the baby, and you can put him down afterward.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease prices, taxes, or other amounts
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to put down a price or rate
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government promises to put down taxes next year.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
07

āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop and let someone exit a vehicle at a specific location
Transitive: to put down sb somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The taxi driver put the passenger down in front of the hotel.
āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lessen the value or esteem of something or someone, often through spoken words or criticism
Transitive: to put down sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mentor advised against putting down colleagues in professional settings.
āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āĻĢā§‹āύ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to end a telephone conversation by placing the receiver back on the telephone base
Transitive: to put down a phone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The interviewer put down the phone and made notes after the candidate's responses.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύ⧋āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
10

āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to register someone for a particular purpose, such as an event, task, appointment, or opportunity
Transitive: to put down sb for an event or task
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The automated system put down participants for the webinar upon completing the registration process.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
11

āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāώ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to use force to suppress or stop a protest
Transitive: to put down a protest
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The president declared a state of emergency to put down the growing rebellion.
āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻš āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a payment toward the purchase or reservation of something with the intention of paying the remainder later
Transitive: to put down a payment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To secure their spot, participants needed to put down a fee for the workshop.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϟ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to place something or someone gently in a sitting position
Transitive: to put down sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He put the baby down in the crib for a nap.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĻļ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop reading or listening to something, such as a book or music
Transitive: to put down a book or music
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The student was engrossed in the essay and did n't want to put it down until it was complete.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇ āĻŽāĻ—ā§āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
15

āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻāĻ• āĻĸā§‹āρāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to drink, typically alcohol
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is putting down shots with her friends.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
to put oneself down
01

to speak negatively or critically about oneself

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was frustrated because he continued to put himself down in front of others.
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ