put down

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En español: menospreciar, pagar un depósito, inscribir

To insult, belittle, or demean. (transitive) · They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
Of money as deposit, to pay. (transitive) · We put down a $1,000 deposit.
To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. · The government quickly put down the insurrection.
To euthanize (an animal). · Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
To write (something). · Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up. · Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.
To add a name to a list. · I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.

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Dantès ordered the helmsman to put down his helm, in order to leave La Pianosa to starboard, as he knew that he should shorten his course by two or three knots.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 246 · C1

“It’s no use speaking to it,” she thought, “till its ears have come, or at least one of them.” In another minute the whole head appeared, and then Alice put down her flamingo, and began an account of the game, feeling very glad she had someone to listen to her.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 63 · B2

“They can’t have anything to put down yet, before the trial’s begun.”

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 84 · B2

Mowgli laid his head down on Bagheera’s back and slept so deeply that he never waked when he was put down in the home-cave.

The Jungle Book, p. 63 · B2

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