Put someone down as something meaning
Put someone down as something is a phrasal verb that means to form a judgment that someone belongs to a particular type or category.
- Past simple
- put someone down as something
- Past participle
- put someone down as something
- -ing form
- putting someone down as something
What put someone down as something means
B2
To form a judgment that someone belongs to a particular type or category
I had put him down as much older.
Similar phrasal verbs
With put: put on, put up, put off, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put across.
With down: turn down, let down, slim down, go down, come down, break down, take down, keep down, set down, tie down.
Common questions
What does put someone down as something mean?
To form a judgment that someone belongs to a particular type or category.
What is the past tense of put someone down as something?
Put someone down as something, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
