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put-down

noun as in nasty commentary

verb as in write into record

verb as in subdue

noun as in nasty commentary

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Example Sentences

Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.

Diana Showman, 19, had come out of her house, ignored demands to put down the weapon, and was shot once.

“The point of the report is to put down a marker for future generations,” he said.

Both dogs became ferocious after the shootings, and had to be put down.

Just weeks before the Somme, British soldiers put down the rising, leaving much of the city in ruins.

A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.

The Professor put down his cards without a word, and left the room, going straight upstairs.

Now this morning I saw it put down for to-day Very pleasant, and I knew for sartin it would rain before night.

Another female person, whom I put down as Madam Stone, arose and disappeared through an open door at my approach.

I put down my haid, and was just kinda dragged up the aisle and onto the platform.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to put-down, such as: jibe, knock, cut, snub, humiliation, and slight.

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

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