putsomething/someonedown
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
(STOP HOLDING)
B1
to put anobjectthat you areholdingonto theflooror onto anothersurface, or tostopcarryingsomeone:
I put mybagsdown while wespoke.
Put me down, Daddy!
- Put thegundown!
- They put downtheirtoolsandwalkedout.
- I put theshoppingdown on thetable.
- You can putyourcasesdown in thecorner.
- She put down theletterwith asigh.
Falling and dropping
- ass
- base jumping
- collapse/fall in a heapidiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like fliesidiom
- faceplant
- fall away
- fly
- let goidiom
- mic drop
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- shower
- thump
- trip
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Placing and positioning an object
(NAME)
B2
to write someone'snameon alistordocument, usually inordertoincludethatpersonin aneventoractivity:
Do youwantme to put you downforthetripto London?
I've put myselfdownfortheofficefootballteam.
If youwantto getyourchildreninto thatschool, you have to puttheirnamesdown atbirth.
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- put/set pencil to paperidiom
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- rekeyboard
- scribble
- touch-type
- writ
- writing