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put down as

put down as verb: to assume the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.

Verb

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 the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.
    • I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor!

Forms of put down as

third-person singular presentputs down as
present participleputting down as
past participleput down as
pastput down as

Questions about put down as

What does put down as mean?
Put down as means to assume the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.
What part of speech is put down as?
Put down as is a verb.
What is the past tense of put down as?
The past tense of put down as is put down as.

Words near put down as in the dictionary

  1. put butter on one's bread
  2. put by
  3. put case
  4. put daylight between oneself and someone
  5. put down
  6. put down as
  7. put down for
  8. put down roots
  9. put down to
  10. put downs
  11. put facts on the ground

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