put down
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.45 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
Example Sentences
- "They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly."
- "People try to put us down / Just because we get around."
- "We put down a $1,000 deposit."
- "The government quickly put down the insurrection."
- "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other."
- "When the Nexus first arrived in Andromeda and an uprising arose among the desperate crew, it was William Spender who convinced clan leader Nakmor Morda to put down the mutineers. By all accounts, it did not go well."
Usage
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Obsolete