puts down

present tense third-person singular of put down
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as in enters
to put (someone or something) on a list put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip

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as in attributes
to explain (something) as being the result of something else a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience

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Recent Examples of puts down As for the other Bridgertons, Francesca (Hannah Dodd) is mourning the loss of her husband John (Victor Alli), Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is still avoiding men and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) puts down her Lady Whistledown pen for good. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026 Let’s say the buyer puts down 25% or $213,750, giving him/her a mortgage balance of $641,250. — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Private Mortgage Insurance, known as PMI, is typically required when a buyer puts down less than 20% of the purchase price. — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts down
Verb
  • If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Every user who logs in is a user whose account the fraudsters now own.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, Luke Agada logs onto Zoom from his studio in Chicago, with two new paintings of surreal domestic landscapes mounted on the wall behind him.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Moon enters your 3rd House and encourages dialogue, curiosity, and a little more flexibility.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • September 23 – October 22 The Moon enters your sign today, bringing your own feelings and priorities into sharper focus.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Over time, this reduction in egg production suppresses mosquito populations.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Moreover, its ultra-low infrared emissivity suppresses thermal radiation, hiding objects from heat-seeking cameras.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • Rodriguez attributes her child’s death to the addictive nature of social media and the harms her daughter confronted on those platforms.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Stanford professor David Larcker, an author of the report, attributes the pullback to the public growing tired of politics seeping into every facet of American life.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When the 6-foot-3, 324-pound nose tackle consumes multiple blockers, that allows Dolphins linebackers Jacob Rodriguez and Jordyn Brooks to roam free and see the high tackle production.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The combination of social media and streaming created a world where everyone consumes content at virtually every moment of the day.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • It's also supported by Nvidia's G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium, which also minimizes gameplay latency, ensuring responsive feedback.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The articles by Davidson and Craven in this sense exemplify a broader transphobic trend in the UK legacy media that minimizes or omits reference to the suffering of trans people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Nicolás Pereda’s absurdist comedy centers on composer Rosa, who records a television interview at her colleague Tere’s apartment, where interruptions steadily derail the shoot.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Puts down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20down. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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