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phrasal verb
  2. 2
    to pay part of the cost of something and agree to pay the rest later

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

    To spend or to pay money: disburse, spend, pay, pay out, finance, fund, invest in, put up, bear the cost/expense etc.... more
  5. 5
    to put a baby in a bed so that it can go to sleep

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

    Feeding and caring for a baby: baby milk, baby talk, bond, bottle-feed, breastfeed, burp, change, colic, cot death, crib death... more
  6. 6
    to kill an animal using a drug because it is very old, ill, or dangerous

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

    To kill animals: bag, butcher, cull, destroy, exterminate, hunt, hunt out, poach, pot, put down... more
  7. 7
    if an aircraft puts down, or if someone puts it down, it lands

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

    To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz, captain, climb, come down, ditch, down, drop, eject... more
  10. 10
    put the phone down
    1. a.
      to put the telephone receiver back onto its base after you have finished talking to someone

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

      Using a telephone: answer, busy, busy signal, call, call back, call in, call up, caller, cut off, dial... more
    2. b.
      put the phone down on someone to end a telephone conversation with someone before they have finished speaking

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put down*

      Using a telephone: answer, busy, busy signal, call, call back, call in, call up, caller, cut off, dial... more

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