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Meaning of put down as | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To assume the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.

idiomatic

Examples

“I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor!”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

put down for put down roots put down to put facts on the ground put food on the table put foot to ass