set down

set down
verb
1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑write down, ↑get down, ↑put down
• Hypernyms: ↑write
• Hyponyms: ↑transcribe, ↑notate, ↑dash down, ↑dash off, ↑note, ↑take down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

2. reach or come to rest (Freq. 1)
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The bird landed on the highest branch

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The plane landed in Istanbul

• Syn: ↑land
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lander (for: ↑land), ↑land (for: ↑land), ↑landing (for: ↑land)
• Hypernyms: ↑arrive, ↑get, ↑come
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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The airplane is sure to set down

3. put or settle into a position (Freq. 1)
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The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley

• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

4. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (Freq. 1)
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set down your bags here

• Syn: ↑put down, ↑place down
• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Hyponyms:
↑plank, ↑flump, ↑plonk, ↑plop, ↑plunk, ↑plump down, ↑plunk down, ↑plump
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

5. leave or unload
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unload the cargo

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drop off the passengers at the hotel

• Syn: ↑drop, ↑drop off, ↑put down, ↑unload, ↑discharge
• Derivationally related forms: ↑drop (for: ↑drop)
• Hypernyms: ↑deliver
• Hyponyms: ↑wharf, ↑air-drop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

6. go ashore
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The passengers disembarked at Southampton

• Syn: ↑disembark, ↑debark
• Ant: ↑embark (for: ↑disembark)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑debarkation (for: ↑debark), ↑disembarkment (for: ↑disembark), ↑disembarkation (for: ↑disembark)
• Hypernyms: ↑land
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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set down [phrasal verb]
1 set down (something) : to create or establish (a rule, requirement, etc.)

All participants must follow the guidelines set down [=established] by the organization.

Once she sets down the rules, there's no changing her mind.

2 set (something) down or set down (something)
2 a : to record (something) by writing it down

She took out her notebook and started setting down her thoughts.

When an idea for a song comes to me, I set it down on paper.

setting an agreement down in writing

2 b : to land (an airplane) on the ground or water

We had to set the plane down in a field.

3 set (someone) down : to allow (someone) to get off a bus, airplane, etc.

I asked the taxi driver to set me down [=drop me off, (US) let me off] in front of the library.

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Main Entry: ↑set

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