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put down
verb
Definition of PUT DOWN
transitive verb
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: to bring to an end : stop <put down a riot>
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: to make ineffective : check <put down the gossip>
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: to do away with (as an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy
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a : to put in writing b : to enter in a list
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a : to place in a category <I put him down as a hypochondriac — O. S. J. Gogarty> b : attribute <put it down to inexperience>
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: to pack or preserve for future use
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: consume <putting down helping after helping — Carson McCullers>
— put down roots
: to establish a permanent residence

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First Known Use of PUT DOWN
14th century
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