put-down
Example Sentences
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The first Stanford was made of real students, who defy tidy put-downs of “kids these days.”
As played by Hawke, Hart adores holding court, entertaining his captive audience with witty put-downs and gossipy Broadway anecdotes.
From Los Angeles Times
Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
From BBC
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
There is no end of put-downs that attach to the job of vice president, a position that’s widely treated as irrelevant when its occupant is not ignored altogether.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
