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set down

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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!
See also: set

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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As the place of meeting was lonely and the time midnight, the State Official set down the Dome of the Capitol, and commanded the supposed traveller to throw up his hands.
Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.
"You were assaulted without provocation, of course," said the District Attorney, preparing to set down the answer.
 
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