Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 245. .
The verb phrase today is put down and we will be covering
10 meanings and 10 uses. So we'll probably just give
one example for each meaning. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.
The first one is to write something down. So we say I need to put some of these
ideas down on paper before I forget.
So yeah, so if you're going to put something down in this sense it means
you're going to write it down. All right. Number two here. To insult or
mock. He loses face when his wife puts him
down in public. So she makes fun of him in public or
she might insult him in public in front of other people.
So in that sense he kind of loses his face. She puts him down.
All right. Number three. To promise or commit to do
or give something. All right. We could hear this one . Put me down
for two boxes of girl scout cookies. Yeah. This was very often like in an
office, somebody would come in and say my daughter's selling girl scout cookies.
Does anybody want to order some ? And maybe one of the co-workers says all right put me
down for two boxes. You know, and then he'll promise to pay you know, later
on. Probably they'll order it first and then
they'll bring them in and probably he'll pay as they give him the cookies.
So he's promising that he will pay for these cookies. So he's ordering. Put me
down for two boxes. Okay. Number four here. To make a
deposit or a partial payment in order to get the loan. He had to put
down twenty percent of the price. This is probably a house you know, they
might want you to put down five percent or ten percent.
So whatever the total price of the house is they want a certain percentage. So
whatever upfront money you give, that's what you put down.
Okay number five. To land an aircraft. The pilot is looking for a place to put
down his aircraft or to put down his plane. Okay.
Good. Number six here. To literally place
something down. Okay. Put the package down on the table. Yeah. This is probably the
most common use of this. Number seven to euthanize
an animal. It basically means to kill an animal. Euthanize, especially
if like you know, the animal was suffering or something.
You euthanize it. Okay. So his dog was ill and suffering. He decided
to put it down and take it out of its misery because
maybe it was in a lot of pain and there was no cure , and he was
suffering every day that he was still alive.
So the owner decided to just put him down. End his
misery. Okay. Number eight here. If police, soldiers etc. put down a riot,
they stop it by using force. Okay. Good. So here's the example. The
police put down the rioters that were vandalizing property. So they
were breaking things and they stopped them. They, whatever whatever
methods they use whether they use tear gas or a water cannon or
whatever they put down the rioters. Okay. Good.
Number nine here. To kill someone. So this is especially more with people.
If you testify against the mafia, they may try to put you down. In this
case meaning they may try to kill you. Okay. And number 10 here. To consider
something to be the cause of something. You know , the reason it
happens. That company's failure was put down to
its inability to compete with its rivals. So that's maybe the reason it
went bankrupt. They weren't able to compete. Okay.
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