put down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ put )
1 . PLACE put something/somebody ↔ down to put something or someone that you are holding or carrying onto a surface:
Put those heavy bags down for a minute.
2 . CRITICIZE put somebody ↔ down to criticize someone and make them feel silly or stupid SYN belittle :
I hate the way Dave puts me down the whole time.
put yourself down
Stop putting yourself down.
3 . WRITE put something ↔ down to write something, especially a name or number, on a piece of paper or on a list SYN write down :
Put down your name and address.
4 . put down a revolution/revolt/rebellion etc to stop a ↑ revolution etc by using force:
The uprising was put down by the police and the army.
5 . PAY put something ↔ down to pay part of the total cost of something, so that you can pay the rest later
put something ↔ down on
They put down a deposit on the goods until Christmas.
6 . BABY put somebody down to put a baby in its bed:
We try to put Amy down at six every evening.
7 . put the phone down to put the ↑ receiver back onto the telephone when you have finished speaking to someone SYN hang up
put the phone down on
She put the phone down on me (=suddenly ended the conversation) .
8 . KILL put something ↔ down to kill an animal without causing it pain, usually because it is old or sick SYN put something to sleep :
We had to have the dog put down.
9 . I couldn’t put it down spoken used to say that you found a book, game etc extremely interesting:
Once I’d started reading it I just couldn’t put it down.
10 . AIRCRAFT put (something) down if an aircraft puts down or if a pilot puts it down, it lands, especially because of an ↑ emergency :
The engine failed and the plane put down in the sea.
11 . put down a motion/an amendment to suggest a subject, plan, change in the law etc for a parliament or committee to consider
12 . LEAVE PASSENGER put somebody down British English to stop a vehicle so that passengers can get off at a particular place:
He asked the taxi to put him down at the end of the road.