(put+down+in+a+place)

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• put down — verb 1. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (Freq. 6) set down your bags here • Syn: ↑set down, ↑place down • Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• put in one's place — {v. phr.}, {informal} To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone s unsuitable pride; deflate. * /The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his place by saying,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put in one's place — {v. phr.}, {informal} To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone s unsuitable pride; deflate. * /The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his place by saying,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put\ in\ one's\ place — v. phr. informal To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone s unsuitable pride; deflate. The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his place by saying, No, I m… …   Словарь американских идиом

• put down roots — ► put down roots begin to have a settled life in a place. Main Entry: ↑root …   English terms dictionary

• put down — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to bring to an end ; stop < put down a riot > 2. a. depose, degrade b. disparage, belittle < mentioned his poetry only to put it down > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• put down — verb a) To set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location. Why dont you put down your briefcase and stay awhile? b) To insult, belittle, or demean. There he is! cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the… …   Wiktionary

• put down roots — verb a) to do things which show that one wishes to stay put It might be hard for her to leave London after all these years, shes put down roots there. b) to feel that one belong in a place I havent put down roots in this town yet, cause Ive got… …   Wiktionary

• put down roots — if you put down roots in a place, you do things which show that you want to stay there, for example making friends or buying a home. It would be hard to leave Brighton after eleven years he s put down roots there …   New idioms dictionary

• put down roots — live in one place for years, buy land and raise a family    After moving from town to town, we put down roots in Moose Jaw …   English idioms

• put someone in their place — Marsha s father in law finally spoke up and put that hateful woman in her place Syn: humiliate, take down a peg or two, deflate, crush, squash, humble; informal cut down to size, settle someone s hash, make someone eat crow …   Thesaurus of popular words