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{{also|putdown|put-down}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-put down.ogg|a=AU}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|put<,,put> down}}

# {{&lit|en|put|down}}
#: {{ux|en|Why don't you '''put down''' your briefcase and stay awhile?}}
#* {{RQ:Woolf Jacob's Room|1||"There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? '''Put it down''', Jacob! Drop it this moment!}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1967
|author=w:Barbara Sleigh
|title=w:Jessamy
|year_published=1993
|location=Sevenoaks, Kent
|publisher=Bloomsbury
|isbn=0 340 19547 9
|page=105
|url=
|passage=As she did so Fanny '''put down''' her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference.
}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[insult]], [[belittle]], or [[demean]].
#: {{ant|en|compliment|talk up}}
#: {{ux|en|They frequently '''put down''' their little sister for walking slowly.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1965|author=w:The Who|title=w:My Generation
|passage=People try to '''put us down''' / Just because we get around.}}
# {{lb|en|of money as deposit}} To pay.
#: {{ux|en|We '''put down''' a $1,000 deposit.}}
# To [[halt]], eliminate, stop, or [[squelch]], often by force.
#: {{syn|en|end|stop|eliminate|extinguish}}
#: {{ux|en|The government quickly '''put down''' the insurrection.}}
#* '''22 March 2012''', Scott Tobias, AV Club ''The Hunger Games''[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
#*: For the 75 years since a district rebellion was '''put down''', The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
#* {{quote-video game|en|developer=w:BioWare|title={{w|Mass Effect: Andromeda}}|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2017|system=PC|scene=Nexus: William Spender Codex entry|oclc=1261299044|text=When the Nexus first arrived in Andromeda and an uprising arose among the desperate crew, it was William Spender who convinced clan leader Nakmor Morda to '''put down''' the mutineers. By all accounts, it did not go well.}}
# {{lb|en|euphemistic}} To [[euthanize]] (an animal).
#: {{syn|en|put to sleep|euthanize}}
#: {{ux|en|Rex was in so much pain, they had to '''put''' him '''down'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2016|title=Dog found buried alive in Redcar with nail in head|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-37708831|publisher=BBC
|passage=A couple walking in Kirkleatham Woods, Redcar, heard whimpering and found the terrier-type animal in a mound of earth at about midday. It was rushed to a vet but its injuries were so serious it had to be '''put down'''.}}
# {{lb|en|euphemistic}} To [[execute]] (a person), especially [[extrajudicially]].
#: {{syn|en|execute|down|eliminate}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=HarryBlank|work=w:SCP Foundation|title=Fire in the Hole|date=12 October 2023|url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/35-fire-in-the-hole|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522030316/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/35-fire-in-the-hole|archivedate=22 May 2024|accessdate=27 May 2024|text=The only thing left to do before putting the plan into action was checking the barracks for stragglers, and '''putting''' them '''down'''. She placed the first three bombs, then crept to the final door and opened it.}}
# {{senseid|en|write}} To [[write]] (something).
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1970|title=w:Your Song|artist=w:Elton John|author=Elton John; w:Bernie Taupin|album={{w|Elton John (album)|Elton John}}|text=I hope you don't mind<br>That I '''put down''' in words<br>How wonderful life is while you're in the world}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Put down''' the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.}}
# To terminate a call on (a telephone); to [[hang up]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=June 24 1992|author=w:Edwina Currie|journal=Diary
|passage=Ray eventually called at 7pm and took the school’s side. He sounded imperious and distant and made me even angrier.<br><br>I told him he sounded just like my father, and '''put''' the phone '''down''' on him.}}
#: {{ant|en|pick up}}
#: {{syn|en|hang up}}
#: {{ux|en|Don't '''put''' the phone '''down'''. I want a quick word with him, too.}}
# To add a name to a [[list]].
#: {{ux|en|I've '''put''' myself '''down''' for the new Spanish conversation course.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|Irish}} To make [[prices]], or [[taxes]], [[lower]].
#: {{ux|en|BP are '''putting''' petrol and diesel '''down''' in what could be the start of a price war.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
#: {{ux|en|I had just '''put''' Mary '''down''' when you rang. So now she's crying again.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To give something as a reason for something else.
#: {{ux|en|She '''put''' her long life '''down''' to daily meditation.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation|idiomatic|of an aircraft}} To [[land]].
#: {{ux|en|The pilot managed to '''put down''' in a nearby farm field.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[drop off|drop someone off]], or let them out of a vehicle.
#: {{ant|en|pick up}}
#: {{ux|en|The taxi '''put''' him '''down''' outside the hotel.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[cease]], temporarily or permanently, [[read]]ing (a book).
#: {{ux|en|I was unable to '''put down''' ''The Stand'': it was that exciting.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|United States}} To drink.
#: {{ux|en|I '''put down''' two bottles of red wine.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|printing}} To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
#: {{ant|en|put up}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|add a name to a list}} {{l|en|register}}; see also [[Thesaurus:enlist]]
* {{sense|land an aircraft}} {{l|en|set down}}, {{l|en|touch down}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|[[putdownable]], [[put-downable]]|put down as|put down for|put down to|[[unputdownable]], [[un-put-downable]]}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|put up}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|set down, stop carrying}}
* Biatah Bidayuh: {{t|bth|pasan}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|擺低|tr=baai2 dai1}}, {{t|yue|放低|tr=fong3 dai1}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|放下|tr=piong-hâ}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|放下|tr=pàng-hē}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|放下|tr=fàngxià}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laskea}}, {{t|fi|[[laskea]] [[maa]]han}}
* French: {{t+|fr|poser}}, {{t+|fr|déposer}}
* German: {{t+|de|absetzen}}, {{t+|de|abstellen}}, {{t+|de|ablegen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κατατίθημι}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|depoze}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|letesz}}, {{t+|hu|lerak}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|meletakkan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|내려놓다}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|meletakkan}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|așeza}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ста́вить|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поста́вить|pf}}
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{{trans-top|belittle or demean}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|halventaa}}, {{t+|fi|vähätellä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|médire}}
* German: {{t|de|[[runter]][[machen]]}} {{qualifier|slang}}, {{t|de|[[runter]][[putzen]]}} {{qualifier|coll.}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lehord}}, {{t+|hu|letol}}, {{t+|hu|leszól}}, {{t+|hu|kritizál}}, {{t+|hu|megaláz}}, {{q|informal}} {{t+|hu|lealáz}}, {{q|slang}} {{t+|hu|éget}}, {{t+|hu|cikiz}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakatīkai}}, {{t|mi|whakatakē}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|menospreciar}}
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{{trans-top|pay a deposit}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varata}}, {{t|fi|[[maksaa]] [[takuu]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|déposer}}
* German: {{t+|de|hinterlegen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|letesz}}, {{t+|hu|kifizet}}, {{t|hu|[[előleg]]et/[[foglaló]]t [[ad]]/[[fizet]]/[[letesz|tesz le]]}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|membayar}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|pagar un depósito}}
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{{trans-top|halt, eliminate, often by force}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kukistaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mater}}
* German: {{t+|de|niederschlagen}}, {{t+|de|unterdrücken}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|letorkol}}, {{t+|hu|elhallgattat}}, {{t+|hu|lever}}, {{t+|hu|elnyom}}, {{t+|hu|elfojt}}
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{{trans-top|administer euthanasia to an animal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lopettaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|endormir}}
* German: {{t+|de|einschläfern}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elaltat}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|abbattere}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|안락사시키다}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|усыпля́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|усыпи́ть|pf}}
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{{trans-top|terminate a telephone conversation}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laskea}}
* French: {{t+|fr|reposer}}
* German: {{t+|de|auflegen}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[letesz|letesz(i]] a [[telefon]]t)}}, {{q|violently, suddenly}} {{t|hu|[[rácsap]]ja a [[telefon]]t}}
* Konkani: {{t|kok|फोन दवरचे|tr=fōn davarce}}
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{{trans-top|add a name to a list}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kirjata}}, {{t+|fi|lisätä}}, {{t+|fi|rekisteröidä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inscrire}}
* German: {{t+|de|eintragen}}, {{t|de|auf die [[Liste]] [[setzen]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felír}}, {{t+|hu|leír}}, {{t+|hu|beír}}, {{t+|hu|felvesz}}, {{t+|hu|bejegyez}}, {{t+|hu|lejegyez}}, {{t|hu|[[hozzáad]]ja a [[név|nevét]]}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|mendaftarkan}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inscribir}}
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{{trans-top|to reduce prices or taxes}}
* German: {{t+|de|herabsetzen}}, {{t+|de|runtersetzen}} {{qualifier|coll.}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csökkent}}
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{{trans-top|to place a baby somewhere to sleep}}
* German: {{t+|de|hinlegen}}, {{t+|de|niederlegen}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|ágyba dug}}, {{t+|hu|lefektet}}, {{t+|hu|letesz}}, {{t+|hu|lerak}}, {{t+|hu|elaltat}}
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{{trans-top|to give sth. as a reason for sth.}}
* German: {{t+|de|zurückführen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tulajdonít}}, {{t+|hu|elkönyvel}}, {{t+|hu|betud}}
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{{trans-top|to land an aircraft}}
* German: {{t+|de|aufsetzen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|leszáll}}, {{t+|hu|landol}}, {{t|hu|[[letesz]]i a [[gép]]et}}
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{{trans-top|drop someone off}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tiputtaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|déposer}}
* German: {{t+|de|absetzen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kitesz}}, {{t+|hu|letesz}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menurunkan}}
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{{trans-top|cease reading a document}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[laskea]] [[käsistään]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|poser}}
* German: {{t+|de|weglegen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|letesz}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|berhenti membaca}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{alternative spelling of|en|put-down}}

{{C|en|Death}}