put sth down
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
(PHONE)
B1 If you put the phone down, you place it or the receiver back in the position you keep it in when it is not being used.
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Communications - by telephone
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- alarm call
- bell
- break
- break up
- cold-calling
- conference call
- connection
- cut
- dialling code
- give sb a buzz idiom
- hash
- hold
- ICE (number)
- put sb through
- telecommuting
- tinkle
- top-up card
- transfer
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(PAY)
to pay part of the cost and promise to pay the rest later:
I've put a deposit down on a new car.
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Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- payee
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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