put-down
noun
a landing of an aircraft.
put-downs
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pluralof put-down.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The first Stanford was made of real students, who defy tidy put-downs of “kids these days.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
There is no end of put-downs that attach to the job of vice president, a position that’s widely treated as irrelevant when its occupant is not ignored altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
At the colleges, I’ve developed some stock put-downs for them: “You must be a law student, aren’t you?”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
