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plunk down

/plʌŋk daʊn/

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verb

/plʌŋk daʊn/C1formalamerican
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий положить или бросить что-то тяжело или небрежно, или заплатить деньги за что-то, часто неохотно.

A phrasal verb meaning to place or drop something heavily or carelessly, or to pay money for something, often reluctantly.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Pay moneyinformalamerican

    To pay a sum of money, often suddenly or with a decisive action.

    ruВыложить деньги

    • He plunked down $500 for the concert tickets.
    • She plunked down her credit card to pay for the new laptop.
    • They plunked down a deposit on the apartment.

    Synonymsante upcough updisburseexpendfork outlay outpaypony upshell out

    Antonymsdenyrefusewithhold

  2. Place heavilyinformalamerican

    To put something down heavily or carelessly.

    ruБросить

    • He plunked down his bag on the floor.
    • She plunked down the heavy box on the table.
    • The child plunked down his toys and ran outside.

    Synonymsdropdumpflingplopplumpthrow

    Antonymshoistliftraise

Forms
  • plunked down past participle
  • plunked down past simple
  • plunking down present participle
  • plunks down third person singular

Base verbplunk

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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