What Does Put Down Mean?

Put down is a phrasal verb. When you put down something on paper, you jot it down or register it. It means to record or write down. A slight deviation in the meaning 'to write down', indicates the listing of someone under subscribers' or contributors' list. For example: he put me down for monthly subscriber. Put down also means 'to suppress or to check'. For example: the riot was put down by the police forces.

When someone puts down something to something else, he is attributes or ascribes it to the other thing. For example: he puts his low grades down to his illness. Put down is equivalent to categorization or labelling. For example: she was put down as timid.

Put down has different connotations and are as follows: to criticize; to humiliate; to pay as deposit; to stock up for future use; to put to death (animal) and to land an aircraft.

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