put-down

Example Sentences

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And let's not forget her iconic put-down to unwanted male attention that I'll admit to rolling out endlessly in my teens: "Ugh, as if!"

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

Industrial policy was for Europeans; a common put-down was that it was “dirigiste,” a French term for “directed.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Seeking to break the ice at their first summit in Singapore, Trump told Kim the nickname wasn’t as much of a put-down as it sounded.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

“Beatnik is put-down, negative, drag,” he explained to The Los Angeles Times in 1969.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

My comments must have struck Farmer as a put-down, because when I looked across the room his pale blue eyes were fixed on me.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French