write down
verb- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down. · I can't write down in the basement; it's cold there and my fingers cramp and get stiff.
- To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
- To write (something) in a simple or condescending style.
- To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.
- To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. · See also: cite
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In October 1920, while preparing a lecture, he read an article about the pancreas and, according to a story he often told, woke in the middle of the night to write down an idea.
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