Id | ESLPod_0372_WE_0418 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 372 |
Episode Title | A Bully at Work |
Phrase | to put (someone) down |
Text | The expression "to put (someone) down," in this podcast, means to insult someone or to make someone feel unimportant: "She put him down by saying that his guitar playing was the worst noise she had ever heard." The expression "to put (someone) down" can also mean to set someone or something down onto a surface: "She lifted the baby out of the crib and put him down on the floor so that he could crawl around." "To put down" can also mean to cause a person's or animal's death: "The vet put the dog down because it was so old that it couldn't walk, see, or hear." Finally, "to put down" can mean to write down: "Put down on our list that we need to buy bread, sugar, and cereal when we go to the grocery store." |
Topics | Business |
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