What does put-down mean?
Put-down means (idiomatic) An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark..
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/ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/ · noun
(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.
But it’s not [Pam] Bondi’s script that matters most. It’s her voice, and the attorney general got the tone of it — the poison in it — just right when she spat those put-downs at those men during her, um, testimony before a House panel last week.
Use put-down when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Put-down means (idiomatic) An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark..
Common synonyms include burn, squelch, takedown.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.
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