to+put+(someone)+down

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• put someone down — 1 (informal) he often puts me down: CRITICIZE, belittle, disparage, deprecate, denigrate, slight, humiliate, shame, crush, squash …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone down as — verb to assume someone has a particular character from very little information. I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor! …   Wiktionary

• put someone down as — consider or judge someone or something to be I d have put you down as a Vivaldi man …   Useful english dictionary

• put (someone) down — vb to snub, humiliate or belittle. A vogue term among British beatniks in the early 1960s, adopted from American street slang. ► Evil hearted you, you always try to put me down, with the things you do and the words you spread around ... (Lyrics… …   Contemporary slang

• put someone down — informal criticize someone. → put …   English new terms dictionary

• ˌput sth ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to put something onto a surface such as the floor or a table Emma put her bag down and went upstairs.[/ex] 2) to kill an animal using a drug because it is very old, ill, or dangerous 3) to write something on a piece of paper I put …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• 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

• put someone away — (informal) 1 they put him away for life: JAIL, imprison, put in prison, put behind bars, lock up, incarcerate; informal cage; Brit. infor …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone in their place — HUMILIATE, take down a peg or two, deflate, crush, squash, humble; informal cut down to size, settle someone s hash; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow. → place …   Useful english dictionary

• ˌput sb ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to criticize someone in a way that makes them feel stupid 2) to write someone s name on a list so that they can take part in a particular activity …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English