set down (redirected from put down)

set someone or something down and put someone or something down

to lower or set down someone or something. (See also set something down; put someone or something down.) Put me down! Please set that vase down. It cost a fortune. Put down that gun!

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set someone down (on something) and set someone down (onto something)

to place a person one is carrying or lifting onto something. I set the small boy down onto the desk and gave him a piece of candy. Set the baby down and come over here.

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set something down and put something down 

1. to place something on the surface of something. Andy set the hot skillet down on the dishcloth and burned a hole in it. He set down the skillet here and burned the counter.

2. to write something on paper. Let me put this down on paper so we will have a record of what was said. I will set down this note on paper.

3. to land an aircraft. The pilot put the plane down exactly on time. I can't set down this plane in the fog.

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set down something also set something down

to write or print something He set down his memories of his trip to Italy as a child. When you get a chance, set your ideas down on paper.

Related vocabulary: lay down something

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