jot down

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jot down

verb jots down · jotting down · jotted down

idiomatic, transitive to write down hurriedly; to make a note of Tell me his number, and I'll jot it down on this scrap of paper.

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verb write down

Русский	черкнуть čerknutʹ, набросать nabrosatʹ

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@misc{jot_down_2026,
  title = {jot down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jot%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}