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put-down

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
put-down

▶noun informal a remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone.

'put-down' also found in these Oxford entries:

bang - deponent - dob - dump - lay - ley - Newmarket - root - thump

Forum discussions with the word(s) "put-down" in the title:

give up/put down their weapons
My mother briefly put down the knit she had in her hands,
pick up and put down interest rates
put ...down as being
put down
put down
put down
put down as...targeted on...
put down live
put down scores
put down stakes
put down the fire
put down the poison
Put down to +ing
put down words
put down/send down/establish/take roots
Snape put down his wand, gritting his teeth. "That's it! Detention for a month!"
Take down/put down/get down??
Word for book which is too exciting to put down

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