put down

Meaning

Verb

1. (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
2. To pay.
3. To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
4. (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
5. (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
6. To write (something).
7. To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
8. To add a name to a list.
9. (Ireland, UK) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
10. (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
11. (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
12. (idiomatic) To land.
13. (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
14. (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
15. (US, slang) To drink.
16. (obsolete) To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
17. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.

Noun

Alternative spelling of put-down.

Opposite of

compliment, talk up, pick up, put up

Synonyms

lay down

place

put

set down

lay

suppress

set

put away

lower

place down

deposit

quell

leave

put aside

bring down

drop

subjugate

take down

put on

apply

record

pack away

lay off

get down

let down

land

pacify

unload

discharge

write down

decrease

depose

drop off

put off

quash

put in

position

note

locate

count

🔢

leave behind

conquer

let alone

foe

insult

expose

enter

file

disgrace

badmouth

Translations

poser

déposer

mettre

poner

pôr

mettere

ponere

colocar

legen

ponere

colocar

plaatsen

leggen

coucher

steken

Sentences

Put down your weapons .