1.
If you put something down somewhere, you write or type it there.
Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date...
We’ve ~ on our staff development plan for this year that we would like some technology courses...
I had prepared for the meeting by putting down what I wanted from them.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P in/on n, V P that, V P wh, also V P n (not pron)
2.
If you ~ some money, you pay part of the price of something, and will pay the rest later.
He bought an investment property for $100,000 and ~ $20,000...
He’s got to put cash down.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
3.
When soldiers, police, or the government ~ a riot or rebellion, they stop it by using force.
Soldiers went in to ~ a rebellion.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
4.
If someone puts you down, they treat you in an unpleasant way by criticizing you in front of other people or making you appear foolish.
I know that I do put people down occasionally...
Racist jokes come from wanting to ~ other kinds of people we feel threatened by.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
see also put-down
5.
When an animal is ~, it is killed because it is dangerous or very ill. (mainly BRIT)
Magistrates ordered his dog Samson to be ~ immediately...
They think that any legislation that involved putting down dogs was wrong.
PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V P n (not pron), also V n P