put down
phrasal verbput down
- (of an aircraft or its pilot) to land
- He put down in a field.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPut down is used with these nouns as the object:- bag
- basket
- beaker
- …
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put somebody down
- (informal) to make somebody look or feel stupid, especially in front of other people related noun put-down
put something down
- to stop holding something and place it on a table, shelf, etc.
- Put that knife down before you hurt somebody!
- (figurative) It's a great book. I couldn't put it down (= stop reading it).
- (British English) She put the phone down on me (= ended the call before I had finished speaking).
- to write something; to make a note of something
- The meeting's on the 22nd. Put it down in your diary.
- to pay part of the cost of something
- We put a five per cent deposit down on the house.
- to stop something by force synonym crush
- to put down a rebellion
- The military government is determined to put down all opposition.
- [often passive] to kill an animal, usually by giving it a drug, because it is old or sick
- We had to have our cat put down.
- to put a baby to bed
- Can you be quiet—I've just put the baby down.
- to present something formally for discussion by a parliament or committee synonym table
- to put down a motion/an amendment