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单词 put someone down
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put someone down

1 informal Criticize someone: he put me down in front of my own employees stop putting yourself down...
  • They don't tend to play practical jokes, or engage in humor that humiliates or puts somebody down.
  • Why was this man so determined to belittle him, and put him down, at every chance?
  • If your critic has only said it to put you down, this makes you bigger than him.

Synonyms

criticize, belittle, disparage, deprecate, denigrate, take down a peg or two, slight, humiliate, show up, mortify, shame, crush, squash, deflate
informal have a go at, cut down to size, settle someone's hash
North American informal make someone eat crow
2British Lay a baby down to sleep.He was a healthy, hearty, happy baby and she had no reason to be worried when she put him down to go to sleep that day....
  • I wasn't scared at first about becoming a mum, but as the months went on I started to worry about things like bathing her and putting her down to sleep properly.
  • Katie put Julie down to sleep and then went over to the dining room table so that she could do her homework and still be able to watch the kids.
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