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- new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees
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- your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me
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put down
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of put down (Entry 2 of 2)
- he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism
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- we had the whole agreement put down on paper
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- jot (down),
- log,
- mark,
- note,
- record,
- register,
- report,
- set down,
- take down,
- write down
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- put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip
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- a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings
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- a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience
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- the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting
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The first known use of put-down was in the 14th century
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