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cause to come to the ground
the pilot managed to land the airplane safely -
put in a horizontal position
lay the patient carefully onto the bed
lay the books on the table -
cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
set down your bags here -
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
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put (an animal) to death
The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid
the sick cat had to be put down -
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
drop off the passengers at the hotel
unload the cargo - make a record of; set down in permanent form
How To Use put down In A Sentence
- The horse broke a leg in the fall and had to be put down.
- The cleaner put down his mop and bucket and sat down.
- I was in hospital this morning for a gastroscopy - nothing too worrying, just one of those camera and light thingies they put down your throat to make sure everything's in one piece. Archive 2009-03-01
- He came to believe that working people, poor people, put down and stepped upon, had to organize if they were going to clean up the slums, fight the corruption that exploited them, and get a handhold on the first rung of the ladder up and out. Bill Moyers: Saul Alinsky, Who?
- For an endoscopy, a thin tube with a tiny camera inside it is put down your throat and into your esophagus so the doctor can look at it.
- A perfectly braised shank on buttery mash surrounded by vegetables set the tastebuds going before the plate was even put down on the table.
- It was not necessary for the early Christians to sit in judgment on the title of every new emperor, whenever the pretorian guards chose to put down one and put up another; neither are God's people now in various parts of the world called upon to discuss the titles and adjudicate the claims of their rulers. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
- The movement was put down with the use of artillery. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
- When the man found that we were going to stay all night he bestirred himself, dragged some of the things to one side and put down a shake-down of pulu (the silky covering of the fronds of one species of tree-fern), with a sheet over it, and a gay quilt of orange and red cotton. The Hawaiian Archipelago
- Tess put down both plates and lifted the covers off. "Mmm," Brian said "Smells good."
