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NOUN
  1. a crushing remark

How To Use put-down In A Sentence

  • The Dragons are ready to rip their dreams apart with a scathing put-down or withering look. The Sun
  • Put-down humor, such as telling friends an embarrassing story about another friend, is a socially acceptable way to deploy aggression and make others look bad so you look good.
  • There is a 'slagging' culture amongst my group of friends (if you ain't getting slagged you ain't nobody) and I reckon Sherlock would fit in pretty well with some of his put-downs of the trusty Watson. Word Magazine - Comments
  • He was never at a loss for the wounding remark, the inappropriately coarse joke, the cold put-down.
  • He has gained thousands of loyal fans with his witty quips and snide put-downs. The Sun
  • And since it contains its share of articulate losers, it is also about mockery, the put-down, the loser's shrug("whaddya gonna do").
  • I had not been able to stand his put-downs and holier-than-thou attitude.
  • One of the big put-downs of the American presidential election campaign was the comment that he was 'no Jack Kennedy'.
  • As a child these were the teachers who cast large shadows over my progress, or lack of it, and whose constant put-downs and disparagements made school life more miserable than it should have been.
  • It's the standard operating put-down with which irate mothers pack off malingering boys - who cite unconnected causes while feigning outlandish illnesses - to school.
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