jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
have jotted
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present perfectof jot.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When he didn't get through, he tried changing a digit here and there, thinking he might have jotted down a wrong number.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
In other words, McConnell may have jotted down some numbers to send to CBO.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2017
If a Freudian analyst had been around, he might have jotted down: 'Mother projects anger toward ex-husband on to son'
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2016
If a Freudian analyst had been around, he might have jotted down: ‘Mother projects anger toward ex-husband on to son’ … but, I don’t know.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2016
Now, Georgiana, let me copy for your delectation a list of matters that I have jotted down for consideration at a teachers' meeting to be held to-morrow night.
From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe
