put down

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, etwas auf eine Oberfläche zu legen, etwas zu unterdrücken oder jemanden herabzusetzen/kritisch zu behandeln; außerdem etwas schriftlich niederzulegen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate placing something on a surface, suppressing something, or criticizing someone.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Place something on a surfaceformal

   To set something down from your hand onto a surface.

   Etwas hinlegen

   • She put down her bag on the table.
   • He put down the book and looked up.
   • Please put down the glass carefully.

   Synonymedepositlay downleaveplacerestset downsettle

   Antonymeliftpick upraise

2. Criticize or humiliateinformal

   To insult or make someone feel foolish or inferior.

   Herabsetzen

   • He always puts down his colleagues in meetings.
   • She felt put down by his sarcastic comments.
   • Stop putting yourself down; you did a great job.

   Synonymebelittledegradedemeandenigratedeprecatedisparagehumiliateinsultmockmortifyridiculeshameslightsnub

   Antonymeapplaudcommendcomplimentexaltflatterglorifyhonorlaudpraiseuplift

3. Write something downformal

   To record something in writing.

   Aufschreiben

   • Put down your name and address on the form.
   • I put down the important points from the lecture.
   • She put down the recipe in her notebook.

   Synonymeinscribejot downnoterecordset downtake downtranscribewrite down

   Antonymedeleteeraseremove

4. Suppress or end somethingformal

   To stop or end something by force, such as a rebellion or protest.

   Niederschlagen

   • The government put down the uprising quickly.
   • The police were called to put down the riot.
   • The rebellion was put down with military force.

   Synonymecrushquashquellrepresssquashstamp outsubduesuppress

   Antonymeencouragefosterincitepromoteprovokestimulatesupport

Grundverbput