put something/somebody ↔ down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number. put somebody ↔ down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
put something ↔ down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
put something ↔ down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
put somebody down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
put the phone down• Be brisk, polite, and put the phone down.• He put the phone down and listened to its ringing - its machine persistence.• After I have put the phone down I sit gazing at Kyle on the opposite side of the airwell.• He put the phone down in the dining room.• He put the phone down on the cradle and stared at it.• And he had just put the phone down on the only man who could ruin it all for him.• After she had put the phone down, she felt in a daze.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number. put something ↔ down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
I couldn’t put it down• It's such a good book that I couldn't put it down.• What an amazing book! I just couldn't put it down. put (something) down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
put somebody down• He asked two questions and put the phone down.• I did not want to put it down.• Minna put the letter down and shuddered.• As the stage approached, I put one down and waved violently.• Parents may carry her around constantly afraid to put her down for fear she will burst into tears again.• When I put that phone down, I was in tears.• She put her drink down on the bar.• Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.
From Longman Business Dictionary
put something → down phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT]1to pay part of the total cost of something as a depositYou will be required to put down a 25% deposit.
How much could you afford to put down on a house?
2put down a motion/an amendment to suggest a subject, plan, change in the law etc for a parliament or committee to consider
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