skip_to_main_contentskip_to_searchput down
- (verb): To insult, belittle, or demean.
- (verb): (of money as deposit) To pay.
- (verb): To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (verb): To euthanize (an animal).
- (verb): To write (something).
- (verb): (of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up.
- (verb): To add a name to a list.
- (verb): To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (verb): To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (verb): (of an aircraft) To land.
- (verb): To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (verb): To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (noun): An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.
- They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
- We put down a $1,000 deposit.
- The government quickly put down the insurrection.
- Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
- Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.