Put Down

Word PUT DOWN
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What do we mean by put down?

An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.

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The word "put-down" in example sentences

The response by Bhagwati and others is a gentle but firm put-down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've always thought of it as a sort of subtle put-down of native peoples, their languages, and their culture in general. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For several decades, and perhaps even now in some quarters, “Vas you dere, Charlie?” was a quick put-down for any skeptic in any situation. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

That's not meant as a put-down but rather to compliment the stark discipline of this novel/confession. ❋ Richard B. Woodward (2011)

Andrew G. Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, didn't care for Berry's put-down of studies that overlook differences in federal and private sector workers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yes, quite a coup, that: they made it so that “Right Wing” is some kind of put-down, insult, but “Left Wing” is cool, edgy, seductive – despite the 100s of millions put to death by left-wing totalitarians onf one kind or another – just how did they do that? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The South, Barbour's comments and the put-down of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul on civil rights laws and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell in his unrepentant praise of Confederate History Month still type the white South as a region that's still chock full of unreconstructed racists and religious and social bigots. ❋ Earl Ofari Hutchinson (2011)

The rift with the rest of the ECB's council deepened in September when, in an interview with Bloomberg, Mr. Weber pre-empted the policy decisions of the council's next meeting, something that provoked a memorable put-down from the normally imperturbable Mr. Trichet. ❋ Geoffrey T. Smith (2011)

My generation's first exposure to Agnes Moorehead wasn't her work for Orson Welles, but when she was well into her 60s and perfecting the waspish put-down of her daughter's attempts at domesticity on a weekly basis in Bewitched. ❋ Anne Billson (2010)

Sir Alex Ferguson opted for a more subtle form of put-down, with a different target in mind. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was a very effective put-down, and some felt it turned the whole debate. ❋ Gideon Rachman (2011)

It is an unfair generalization and a put-down not worthy of Boing Boing. coaxial replied to comment from Antinous/Moderator ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was just having language games with him and he is no fool so that was not a put-down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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