Entry Word: put down

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to express scornfully oneʼs low opinion of <always being put down by the school snobs for the way she dresses> — see decry 1
2 to make a written note of <put down the rules so that we wouldnʼt forget them> — see record 1
3 to put (someone or something) on a list <put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip> — see ¹list 2
4 to put a stop to (something) by the use of force <a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings> — see quell 1