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put down rootsTo do things which show that one wishes to stay put.Rate it:

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put down rootsTo feel that one belong in a place.Rate it:

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grass rootsPeople and society at the local level rather than at the national centre of political activity.Rate it:

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grass rootsThe essential foundation or source of something.Rate it:

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put her there (pronounced put 'er there)something said to someone when extending one's hand, inviting you to shake hands with them in agreement or sympathyRate it:

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put down forTo record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.Rate it:

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put downTo set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.Rate it:

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put downTo land an aircraft.Rate it:

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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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put down toTo state the cause of a situation.Rate it:

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put downTo pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.Rate it:

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put downTo write something.Rate it:

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put downTo halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.Rate it:

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put downTo drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.Rate it:

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Put Your Foot DownTo be rigid, strict and resolute about something, to be unyielding about a certain ruleRate it:

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put downTo replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up.Rate it:

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put downTo make prices, or taxes, lower.Rate it:

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put downTo add a name to a list.Rate it:

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put downTo administer euthanasia to, as an animal too old or ill to cure.Rate it:

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put downTo insult, belittle, or demean.Rate it:

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put downTo express deprecating, demeaning, critical, insulting remarks to another; expressions; 'put downs'.Rate it:

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put down asto assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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put in/down one’s papersTo leave or resign from one’s job; Note, putting ’down’ usually implies one is vacating a position out of dissatisfactionRate it:

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put one's foot downTo insist, demand, or refuse.Rate it:

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put one's foot downTo make a car go faster, accelerate.Rate it:

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put one's foot down onTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put one's foot down uponTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put someone down asTo assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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put the hammer downTo drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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put a foot wrongTo make a mistake.Rate it:

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put forthTo give or supply; to make or create.Rate it:

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put lipstick on a pigMaking superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.Rate it:

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put offTo procrastinate.Rate it:

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put offpostponeRate it:

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put one's feet upTo relax.Rate it:

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put one's house in orderTo clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.Rate it:

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put one's money where one's mouth isMore generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.Rate it:

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put outextinguishRate it:

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put somebody in his placeTo bring somebody down; to humble or insult.Rate it:

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put the moves onTo make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.Rate it:

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put to bed with a shovelTo bury (someone).Rate it:

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put togetherTo assemble, construct, or build.Rate it:

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put two and two togetherTo figure out; to deduce or discern.Rate it:

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put up withTo tolerate, suffer through, or allow, esp. something annoying.Rate it:

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to 'put out''put out'; To engage in 'heavy petting' or 'sexual congress'. a Depression expression, may be archaic:Rate it:

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put backTo return something to it's original place.Rate it:

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put inTo place inside.Rate it:

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put one overTo fool, trick or deceive.Rate it:

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put onTo place upon or atop.Rate it:

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