put-down

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put-down

  • /ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/

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Deverbal from put down.

noun put-downs · putdown

  1. idiomatic An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark. When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.

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