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View definitions for put down

put down

verb as in write into record

verb as in subdue

noun as in nasty commentary

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We don’t mean to say this as a put-down, and he can endorse or not endorse whomever he wants, but, my guy: We think Republicans are done with you.

From Slate

The UAW has pledged its support to Kamala Harris and much of the crowd in the room whooped and clapped with every put-down she threw Trump’s way.

From BBC

That put-down and that philosophy that kids don’t count just made me so angry that I started organizing a statewide coalition to go back to the legislators and educate them about why it was so important to fund the program.

The word “decorative,” with its evocation of surfacey dazzle, is often a put-down in art.

King, one of Combs’ children with late girlfriend Kim Porter, released “Pick a Side” on Sunday to apparently defend his father and badmouth his critics, targeting those who “talk down the family name” or distance themselves from the influential Bad Boy Entertainment co-founder by using the viral put-down “No Diddy.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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