Definition for put-down - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	put-down (put-down) noun informal a remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone: a clever put-down of Tory supporters		Search results in the dictionary put down in put put someone down in put put something down in put put down roots in root¹ have or put someone/thing down as in down¹ put one's foot down in foot More results » Nearby Words pussy-whip pussycat pussycat bow pussyfoot pustulate pustule put put option put-and-take put-down put-in put-off put-on put-put put-up put-you-up puta putamen putative