set down
phrasal verbset somebody down
- (British English) (of a bus or train, or its driver) to stop and allow somebody to get off
- Passengers may be set down and picked up only at the official stops.
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set something down
- to write something down on paper in order to record it
- to give something as a rule, principle, etc.
- The standards were set down by the governing body.