17. put down a. disparage, deprecate, ridicule, berate, dispraise, disvalue; belittle, denigrate, depreciate, disdain, deride; contemn, despise, hold in contempt, misprize; thumb one's nose at, Si dump on, sneer at, curl one's lip at.
b. criticize, knock, disapprove, disfavor, look askance at, frown upon; not take kindly to, turn up one's nose at, take a dim view of; object to, discountenance, take exception, think ill of, think little of. c. humiliate, embarrass, mortify, crush; abash, debase, demean, lower, abase; disgrace, shame, make one blush; bring lower, bring down, take down, take down a notch, put a tuck in one's tail; deflate, let down, take the wind out of one's sails,
d. squelch, suppress, quash, quell, repress; smash, crush, crack down, clamp down; smother, strangle, gag, throttle, suffocate; drown, extinguish, kill. e. enter, set down, inscribe, book, log; record, register, tabulate, file, catalog, put in writing; write down, mark down, post, note down, jot down.
18. put forth a. assert, propose, present, put forward; submit, bid, insist, contend; argue, hold, maintain.
b. issue, emit, bring out, publish; broadcast, advertise, publicize, make known; spread, circulate, propagate, air, broach; write up, break, make public, c. exert, use, exercise, Inf. put out; apply oneself, endeavor, ply, ply the oar, bear down; tax, strain, stress, sweat blood, buckle down.
19. put in a. interpose, introduce, insert, interpolate, interject, interjaculate; stick in, slip in, throw in, pop in, insinuate, inject, implant,
b. spend, expend, pass, use, consume, use up; make use of, utilize, exercise; devote, dedicate, give to, consecrate, c. induct, inaugurate, install, instate, place in office, invest; enthrone, crown, throne, chair, anoint, ordain, ordinate, initiate.
20. put off a. repel, disgust, offend, revolt; sicken, nauseate, Si. gross out; disconcert, discomfort, distress, dismay,
b. postpone, delay, put over, defer; table, shelve, adjourn, put on ice; suspend, stay, extend, hold over, lay over, stand over; forestall, hold off on, Si. stall off, play for time.
21. put on a. don, change into, slip into, dress, get dressed; clothe, apparel, cloak, coat, jacket; attire, garb.
b. feign, fake, assume, dissimulate, dissemble; act, play, playact, make believe, pretend; bluff, put on an act, put up a front; affect, go through the motions, profess; make a show of, let on. c. gain, add, increase, grow, fatten, widen, balloon,
d. exaggerate, overstate, overdo, stretch the truth; hyperbolize, overreach, overdraw, overestimate, carry too far; Inf. talk big, make much of, lay it on thick, e. produce, present, open a show, mount; perform, stage, dramatize, theatricalize; represent, portray, depict, impersonate, f. kid, joke, josh, jest, jape, Inf. jolly; tease, banter, haze, chaff, ride; SI. rib, SI. razz, Inf. needle, rally, Si. rag.
g. fool, befool, dupe, gull; make a monkey out of, make a fool of.
22. put out a. extinguish, drown, kill, douse, quench; stamp out, snuff out, rub out, blow out.
b. publish, issue, print, run, bring out, get out, put forth; publicize, make known, make public, circulate, spread,
c. annoy, irritate, harass, give [s.o.] a hard time; aggravate, pester, exasperate, irk, vex, perturb, worry; torment, distress, Si. bug.
d. inconvenience, discommode, incommode, put on the spot; trouble, impose upon, disadvantage, bother, disturb.
23. put through carry through, conclude, wind up, complete, finish; realize, achieve, accomplish, do, compass; put across, finish up, top off, cap; dispose of, dispatch, execute, effect; terminate, end, close, get done, call it a day; Inf. pull off, bring off, come through with, carry out, bring through.
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put up a. can, preserve, Brit, tin, jar, bottle, pot; store, preservatize, conserve, b. accommodate, house, quarter, billet, bunk, bed, room; lodge, board, give one room, give one a bed to sleep on. c. erect, build, raise, set up, make; construct, put together, create, make up, frame, fabricate; produce, form, shape, fashion, d. pay, contribute, ante, Inf. kick in, Inf. fork over; pledge, posit, stake; come up with, Inf. cough up, Sl. shell out; post, pawn, hock, put up as collateral; mortgage, bond, put up bail.