TO PUT DOWN

Definition: TO PUT DOWN

TO PUT DOWN

1. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down rebellion or traitors. Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down. --Shak. Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon. (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO PUT DOWN

Easy to pick up, hard to put down. (Die xue shuang xiong; writing credit: John Woo)

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Books

• The Kids' Book of Insults: How to Put Down, Dis, and Slam Your Best Friends (reference)

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Business

According to a DIW official interviewed, European and Japanese manufacturers have had greater success in the Thai market because they have been more willing to put down large investments into market development and technological transfer. (references)

Economic History

Senegal

In August 1981, the Senegalese military was invited into The Gambia by President Dawda Kairaba Jawara to put down a coup attempt. (references)

Lesotho

Relations between the police and the army have been tense, and in 1997 the army was called upon to put down a serious police mutiny. (references)

Spain

However, the great majority of the military forces remained loyal to King Juan Carlos, who used his personal authority to put down the bloodless coup attempt. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Members of the CIMO specialized police unit were brought in to put down the riot. (references)

Yemen

The Government at times uses excessive force to put down demonstrations and riots. (references)

Brazil

In April civil police were called in to put down a rebellion that occurred at a prison for women in Sao Paulo City. (references)

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Expression using "TO PUT DOWN": to put down one's staff. Additional references.

Chinese 

鎮�" (repression, suppression, to quell, to suppress). (various references)

Danish

kontrol med interferengforhold (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Dutch

met proefglas controleren (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

French

travailler aux couleurs (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes), mettre la barre dessous (to put down the helm). (various references)

German

Ruder nach Lee (to put down the helm), auf Passe prüfen (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes), auf Interferenzstreifen prüfen (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes), auf Farbringe prüfen (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Greek 

ελέγχω με ιντερφερόμετρο (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Hungarian

vél vminek, lever (down, strike down, strike off, subdue, to beat down, to drive in a pile, to knock off, to overwhelm, to pull down, to repress, to rout, to unman), landol (to land, to land an aeroplane), gondol vminek (to deem), elnyom (ground, oppress, overwhelm, quell, quench, repress, ride, throttle, to bully, to coerce, to drown out, to grain down, to grain sg under one's heel, to grind, to hold down, to inhibit, to keep down, to keep under, to mask, to overwhelm, to quash, to repress, to stifle, to suppress, to tread down, to victimize, trample), elkönyvel vminek. (various references)

Inuktitut

ilivaa. (various references)

Italian

metter il timone all'orza (to put down the helm), collaudo interferenziale (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes), collaudo a colore (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

舐める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to taste, to treat with contempt), 平ら�'る (to consume, to eat up, to subjugate), 嘗める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to taste, to treat with contempt). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいら�'る (to consume, to eat up, to subjugate), なめる (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to taste, to treat with contempt). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Portuguese

examinar com franjas de interferência (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Spanish

meter la caña (to put down the helm), control interferométrico (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

Swedish

kontroll med interferensförfarande (to put down in colour, to work to a proof plate interference fringes). (various references)

depono, refero, subiecto. (various references)

nidadhât. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: nutwood, putdown.

-3 letters: uptown.

-4 letters: donut, outdo, potto, pound, punto, puton, putto, tondo, wound.

-5 letters: down, dunt, nowt, onto, otto, pond, pood, poon, pout, punt, putt, toon, toot, tout, town, undo, unto, updo, upon, wont, wood.

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