"put down as" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put down as.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts down as [present, singular, third-person], putting down as [participle, present], put down as [participle, past], put down as [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> down as}} put down as (third-person singular simple present puts down as, present participle putting down as, simple past and past participle put down as)
  1. (idiomatic) to assume someone has a particular character from very little information. Tags: idiomatic

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for put down as meaning in English (1.7kB)

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