Definition of "put-downs" [put-downs]

• Plural form of put-down. (noun)

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• "Robert Gibbs 'inept attempts at humour and put-downs put me in mind of press secretary Paul Lassiter in Spin City."
• "Because the put-downs that hurt us are the ones we fear are true."
• "I've heard beautiful tales of friendship, but also story after story of quiet and not-so-quiet cruelty -- everything from women bad-mouthing their own friends and throwing female colleagues under the bus, to mothers harassing their daughters 'peers, to the usual gossip, critiques, and put-downs so many of us wield out of habit, sport, boredom, or bonding ritual."