put down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour déposer quelque chose sur une surface, réprimer quelque chose ou critiquer quelqu'un.

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

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Place something on a surfaceformal

   To set something down from your hand onto a surface.

   poser

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

   Synonymesdepositlay downleaveplacerestset downsettle

   Antonymesliftpick upraise

2. Criticize or humiliateinformal

   To insult or make someone feel foolish or inferior.

   rabaisser

   • 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.

   Synonymesbelittledegradedemeandenigratedeprecatedisparagehumiliateinsultmockmortifyridiculeshameslightsnub

   Antonymesapplaudcommendcomplimentexaltflatterglorifyhonorlaudpraiseuplift

3. Write something downformal

   To record something in writing.

   noter par écrit

   • 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.

   Synonymesinscribejot downnoterecordset downtake downtranscribewrite down

   Antonymesdeleteeraseremove

4. Suppress or end somethingformal

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

   Réprimer (par la force)

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

   Synonymescrushquashquellrepresssquashstamp outsubduesuppress

   Antonymesencouragefosterincitepromoteprovokestimulatesupport

Verbe de baseput