put down
To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
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This is your (your child's?) brain on AI. "We have chosen this moment to hand children an authority figure they cannot interrogate, a companion they cannot refuse, and a cognitive prosthetic they will never want to p…
it still fucking baffles me how some raiders i've seen in ult static or other static look up to him and hasnt been put down for more view like he wanted ya know??
Trans people deserve better. The world deserves better. Put down the mid wizard book shit.
「I sure got a troublesome reader here. I can't put down the pen even if I want to...」 「I know you've always had weakness for your 'readers.'」
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To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
We put down a $1,000 deposit.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To insult, belittle, or demean.
They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
“🎲FAMILY EVENT!🎲 Board Game Cafe Ages 5-12, with adult Wed., 5/6 @ 5:30 PM Put down those devices and pick up the dice for some fun family board games! (There will be snacks!) Register with your New City or W. Nyack library card: buff.ly/HEltM0P”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Half tempted to throw a different color on top of it but platinum/silver is kinda my thing and it'd take forever to circle back. But ughhh it looks so bad! How tf do you put down silver on freshly toned hair and suddenly have brassy patches again?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They did not mud they just put down that crappy concrete board before laying down......just like my parents did and my God what a mess”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Also one of the most freaky moments of my life: I once attempted to put down a bread knife on the kitchen side after buttering my toast, and somehow it went down the waistband of my trousers, sharp side down, and stabbed my foot. Thankfully it was not a sharper knife!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tell him to put down the crack pipe.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(banking, commerce, transitive) Of money as deposit, to pay.
“This is your (your child's?) brain on AI. "We have chosen this moment to hand children an authority figure they cannot interrogate, a companion they cannot refuse, and a cognitive prosthetic they will never want to put down. We should be honest about what that means."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“it still fucking baffles me how some raiders i've seen in ult static or other static look up to him and hasnt been put down for more view like he wanted ya know??”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trans people deserve better. The world deserves better. Put down the mid wizard book shit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“「I sure got a troublesome reader here. I can't put down the pen even if I want to...」 「I know you've always had weakness for your 'readers.'」”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The South must be put down for good this time.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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