put down

cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

• “set down your bags here”

put in a horizontal position

• “lay the books on the table”
• “lay the patient carefully onto the bed”

cause to come to the ground

• “the pilot managed to land the airplane safely”

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• “She tends to put down younger women colleagues”
• “His critics took him down after the lecture”

leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

make a record of; set down in permanent form

a crushing remark