phrasal verb · neutral
put down
/pʊt daʊn/PUT·down
to criticise someone (make them feel unimportant); to write something down; (also) to kill an animal to end its suffering
Examples
“Please don't put me down in front of my friends.”
“I put my ideas down in a notebook.”
“They had to put the injured horse down.”
Band 8 sentence
“Rather than put colleagues down for small mistakes, a good manager offers constructive feedback.”
Collocations
- put someone down
- put ideas down
Word family
Common mistakes
He put down my name on the list (meaning: he removed it).→He put my name down on the list.
Don't put me down = don't write me down→Don't put me down = don't insult me
Say it for a higher band
5insult→6note down→7+put down
Synonyms
insult
note down
Easily confused
insult
“It was rude to insult her in front of everyone.”
note down
“I noted down his phone number.”
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