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    [Noun]  | "put-down" | \ ˈpu̇t-ˌdau̇n \


    1: an act or instance of putting down; especially : a humiliating remark

    Origin: 1932 ;

    [Verb]  | "put down" 


    1: to bring to an end : stop

    2: depose, degrade

    3: disparage, belittle

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "put" | \ ˈpu̇t \


    1: to place in a specified position or relationship : lay

    2: to move in a specified direction

    3: to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust

    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant;

    [Idiom]  | "put down the phone" 


    1: to end a telephone connection

    [Idiom]  | "put (someone) down as" 


    1: to think of (someone) as (a specified kind of person or thing)

    [Idiom]  | "put (someone) down for" 


    1: to write the name of (someone) on a list of people who will do or give (something)

    [Idiom]  | "put someone's name down" 


    1: to write down a person's name on a list of people (to be included in something) : to include someone among the people who will participate in something

    [Idiom]  | "put the phone down on (someone)" 


    1: to end a telephone connection

    [Phrasal verb]  | "put (something) down to" 


    1: to say or think that (something) happened because of (something)

    [Noun]  | "put-down" 


    1: an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings;


      * e.g., " ... new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees "




    2: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant;


      * e.g., " ... your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me "



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    [Verb]  | "put down" 


    1: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;


      * e.g., " ... he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism "




    2: to make a written note of;


      * e.g., " ... we had the whole agreement put down on paper "



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    3: to put (someone or something) on a list;


      * e.g., " ... put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip "



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    [Verb]  | "put" 


    1: to arrange something in a certain spot or position;


      * e.g., " ... you can put this box next to the bookshelf "




    2: to convey in appropriate or telling terms;


      * e.g., " ... tried to think of a good way of putting the news "



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    3: to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement;


      * e.g., " ... put the time of the photograph at about noon "



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     [ "put down" ]

    1:  To say somthing about somebody or somthing in a negative way sometimes in a joke, also known as a cut down.

      * e.g.,  ... I cant believe she put him down like that. 

     [ "put down" ]

    1: To kill an animal 'humanly' because they are too old or too ill. We are also totally bullshitting ourselves when we say "There's nothing we can do", "It's in too much pain", or "It'll be better off this way", especially since humans in the same conditions go to nursing homes, hostpitals, get a private nurse, wheel chairs, a ton of meds, and no one ever says "There's nothing we can do, we have to put down Grandma."

      * e.g.,  ... Grandpa: The dog's fourteen, and he can't move around anymore, we gotta get him put down. Grandchild: But why, Grandpa? Grandpa: Blame the society, not the executioner, sweetie. 

     [ "put down" ]

    1: To force love on someone ; to have / claim dominance over someone that might take you for-granted

      * e.g.,  ... She always left with no trace like she does every man that has the ability to love her , until he PUT DOWN , now she ain’t going nowhere! 

     [ "Put down" ]

    1: To get jumped into a gang in an initiation

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, my homie got put down for Piru the other day. 

     [ "putting down" ]

    1: the opposite of putting up with someone

      * e.g.,  ... R; "I, thanks for putting up with me" I: "R, no, I don't 'put up' with you, I am putting down with you" 

     [ "to put downs" ]

    1: to make it known that someone is your girlfriend/boyfriend or in a relationship with you whether it be official or unofficial.

      * e.g.,  ... Ramon: Oh! look at that breezy over there! I'm gonna go holla at her. 

     [ "Put down the Sharpie" ]

    1: A request to someone to admit they are wrong. In reference to Donald Trump's infamous Sharpie mark-up of an outdated hurricane forecast map. Rather than apologize, Trump continued to lie about the hurricane risk to Alabama for days.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, just put down the Sharpie. You don't always have to be right. I'm sick of arguing about this." 

     [ "put down a three" ]

    1: Put down a three (3) to masturbate. the third type of male body excretion. to go number one is to pee. number 2 is to poop. so number three is to release semen from a dude's body. a person can't "go number three" because, unlike a deuce, it can't just be pushed out of the body. Hence it has to be "put down".

      * e.g.,  ... "I was going to return your call, but I was busy putting down a three." "This video game is so awesome, it makes me want to put down a three." "That guy Rick is such a loser, I bet he puts down a lot of threes," 

     [ "put down to sleep" ]

    1: A word or phrase people think of to avoid the truth, that "putting someone/thing down to sleep" is simply killing.

      * e.g.,  ... I guess we have to ki-- *cough* I mean, put our dog down to sleep, cuz it has SARS. 

     [ "put down to sleep" ]

    2: "Put down to sleep" is almost always used in the meaning of giving a pet animal a shot which will kill them, in order to put it out of its misery of a fatal sickness.

     [ "put down to sleep" ]

    3: See also: abortion, silence

     [ "put down for a nap" ]

    1: Sedated

      * e.g.,  ... It was my first time in a hospital and I was panicking, so I was put down for a nap 

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