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单词 put down
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put down

phrasal verb
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put down
  1. (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
    See full entry
put somebody down
  1. (informal) to make somebody look or feel stupid, especially in front of other people related noun put-down
put something down
  1. 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).
    see also unputdownable
  2. to write something; to make a note of something
    • The meeting's on the 22nd. Put it down in your diary.
  3. to pay part of the cost of something
    • We put a five per cent deposit down on the house.
  4. to stop something by force synonym crush
    • to put down a rebellion
    • The military government is determined to put down all opposition.
  5. [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.
  6. to put a baby to bed
    • Can you be quiet—I've just put the baby down.
  7. to present something formally for discussion by a parliament or committee synonym table
    • to put down a motion/an amendment
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