Put those down!!!!
In Everybody Loves Raymond last night, Ally asked "What time did the twins go down?". From context, the meaning was "go to sleep".For the record, they sleep upstairs.Is this a new usage? The closest I...
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In Australia we all know what the phrase "What time did the kids go down?" means: when did they go to sleep. "I put the kids down at 8.30" means that they were put to bed at 8.30. It is a subtle...
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You never lie down for a nap? Replacing lie with go is a recent thing to me but I have heard it for a few years, anyway.
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This usage of "put down" occurs in Ghostbusters II (1989). Quoting from the not-always-perfect-but-close-enough "memorable quotes" at IMDB: [Dana {Sigourney Weaver} hands Oscar {her baby} to Venkman...
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Is this regional? Or better yet, Canadian? Ghostbusters was a Torontoan-heavy production.Even with "put", that scene you quote would have left me scratching my ecto-1. Meaning is obvious from context,...
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No, it's very common in the US. Every parent I have ever met has used the phrase.
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Dave, I don't hear that in the midwest U.S. If I had I would have dailed 911 straight away.Then again, as an old bugger I don't hang around that many young folks anymore. Not that I wouldn't like to,...
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I've heard my sister (definitely midwestern US) use "put down" to refer to putting her kids to bed.
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This plays off yet another sense of "put down": to insult or denigrate"Put down" to me means to kill humanely (as in putting down a sick animal), which would make sense in the context quoted.
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Wow, Eliza!You not only mantle the Geek, you suggest that "kill humanely" would make sense in this context???"It's late. I really ought to kill my baby humanely."Discipline is strict at the D household!
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[Dana {Sigourney Weaver} hands Oscar {her baby} to Venkman {Bill Murray}.] Dana: It's late, I really ought to put him down. Venkman: May I? Dana: Yeah, if you want to. Venkman: [points in baby's face]...
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[Dana {Sigourney Weaver} hands Oscar {her baby} to Venkman {Bill Murray}.] Dana: It's late, I really ought to put him down. Venkman: May I? Dana: Yeah, if you want to. Venkman: [points in baby's face]...
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> Having a short, greedy and ugly baby is reason enough for murder. Say Eliza, do your children also have twitches? Or tend to start violently at sudden loud noises?Trying to recall how many tall,...
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Say Eliza, do your children also have twitches? Or tend to start violently at sudden loud noises? Dr Techie, have we met? I sincerely hope they've inherited none of my failings but your post is...
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Merely another manifestation of my amazing psychic powers, which BradB noted in the "manor" thread.Now I'm getting an image of a woman rolling her eyes....
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The phrase "...put [a baby] down for her nap" was used today's episode of the comic strip "Baby Blues". Online access is on a two-week delay basis, so if it's not in your paper you'll have to wait two...
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"Put down" can mean either:1 - to place below2 - to humiliate3 - to kill In the context quoted, and bearing in mind my life-scarring experiences in mum-and-toddler groups (excellent training for the...
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