put down

put down
put down [aircraft] atterrir; put [something] down, put down [something]
1) poser [object, plane]; mettre [rat poison etc]
2) (suppress) réprimer
3) (write down) mettre (par écrit)
4) (ascribe)

to put something down to — mettre quelque chose sur le compte de

to put something down to the fact that — imputer quelque chose au fait que

5) (charge)

to put something down to — mettre quelque chose sur

6) (destroy) (by injection) piquer; (by other method) abattre [animal]
7) (deposit)

to put down a deposit — verser des arrhes

to put £50 down on something — verser 50 livres d'arrhes sur quelque chose

8) (store) mettre [quelque chose] en cave [wine]; affiner [cheese]
9) (put on agenda) inscrire [quelque chose] à l'ordre du jour
put [somebody] down, put down [somebody]
10) déposer [passenger]
11) (colloq) (humiliate) rabaisser
12) School (into lower group) faire descendre (from de; to, into à)
13) (classify, count in)

to put somebody down as — considérer quelqu'un comme [possibility, candidate, fool]

to put somebody down for — (note as wanting or offering) compter [quelque chose] pour quelqu'un [contribution]; (put on waiting list) inscrire quelqu'un sur la liste d'attente pour

to put somebody down for £10 — compter 10 livres pour quelqu'un

to put somebody down for three tickets — réserver trois billets pour quelqu'un


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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