PUT DOWN


Meaning of PUT DOWN in English

criticize, knock ; kill, shoot, dispatch, put out of its misery ; (put-down) criticism, disapproval

Those poor kids are put down all the time - criticized and yelled at.

The horse had to be put down because it was badly injured.

His speech was a put-down of our policies - very negative.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary.      Словарь английских идиом.