'put-down' definitions:
Definition of 'put-down'
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Definition of 'put-down'
From: GCIDE
- Setdown \Set"down`\ (s[e^]t"doun`), n. The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. Also called put-down. [1913 Webster +PJC]