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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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He's been direct in his put-downs of Trump and his acolytes, calling the conspiracies of Marjorie Taylor Greene "stupid" during a briefing and again calling Trump a "loser" while stopping by "The View."

From Salon

There is no end of put-downs that attach to the job of vice president, a position that’s widely treated as irrelevant when its occupant is not ignored altogether.

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

The result is a book laden with put-downs of the English working class, who are cast in eugenicist terms as a degenerate race.

From Salon

In this “Yes, And” reminds us that Deborah is in part modeled on Joan Rivers, who reserved her most scathing put-downs for herself.

From Salon

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