I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jot down/scribble notes (= write them down quickly )
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The jurors were scribbling notes as the witness gave evidence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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My sketchbook is really filled with constructional details, jotted down before they are forgotten.
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With listing, you jot down a few words, saving the real writing for later.
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He numbered the questions, and jotted down the answers on a separate sheet.
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Here, then, are some numbers to jot down for the near-term.
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He jotted down a quick note to Amy and dropped it off at the switchboard as he left.
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Suddenly I awoke, inspired, and jotted down a complete Constitution for Ireland.
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Before going into a meeting with some one, quickly jot down adjectives to describe the person.
■ NOUN
note
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She gave him a few things, all invented, and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger.
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He jotted down a quick note to Amy and dropped it off at the switchboard as he left.
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He took to keeping Stella at his side during rehearsals, ostensibly to jot down notes .
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Then she jotted down some notes to remind her about the other items she wanted to discuss with Manion.
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She spent the next hour jotting down notes as she processed each disk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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O'Reilly sat there while the officer jotted notes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before going into a meeting with some one, quickly jot down adjectives to describe the person.
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Begin by jotting down what you think they are, plus any thoughts this triggers off.
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Do not jot down figures which have little basis in fact.
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For now, let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie.
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My sketchbook is really filled with constructional details, jotted down before they are forgotten.
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She gave him a few things, all invented, and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger.
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Then she jotted down some notes to remind her about the other items she wanted to discuss with Manion.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
care
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But Lewis devises a strategy, pursues it, and cares not a jot if the crowd does not approve.
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Nor cared a jot as long he tripped On his first day's duty how much he chipped.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In some ways they know a whole jot , in other ways they know so little.
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It is 1962 now, but the Colony hasn't changed a jot .
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It was at once apparent to Joan that, whatever changes of circumstance had taken place, he had changed not a jot .
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Legally this matters not a jot .
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Nor cared a jot as long he tripped On his first day's duty how much he chipped.
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Six out of 10 voters are still not buying and three weeks of slogging seem to have made not a jot of difference.
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There was not a jot of humour in the man.