Definition of "put down" [put down]

• Used other than as an idiom: see put,‎ down. (verb)
• To insult, belittle, or demean. (verb)
• To pay. (verb)
• To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. (verb)
• To euthanize (an animal). (verb)

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• "Stuey put down $50,000 in cash and financed the rest under a no-qualifying loan."
• "He put down a revolt of satraps in Asia Minor and reconquered Egypt before he was assassinated."
• "I put down the magazine and appealed to Coelle, who was usually the voice of reason."