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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

put down

I think we need at least 100 people for our side to put down our enemy.

Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
  

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User_gary I think we need at least 100 people for our side to put down our enemy. Is this sentence correct? Please help me.

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  • User_gary I think we need at least 100 people for our side to put down our enemy.
  • Is this sentence correct?
  • Please help me.
  • It is correct and understandable, but it sounds odd to me.
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User_garyI think we need at least 100 people for our side to put down our enemy.

Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
It is correct and understandable, but it sounds odd to me.
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User_garyI think we need at least 100 people for our side to put down our enemy.

Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
Put down - to criticise, esp. in a contemptuous manner; disparage; belittle; to humble, humiliate, or embarrass. Informal.

Bring down - to injure, capture, or kill.

The sentence is correct, b
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I applied the following meaning of the Cambridge dictionary.

put sth down (OPPOSITION) phrasal verb [M]
to stop or limit an opposing political event or group:
Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
Thousands of troops were needed to put down the uprising.
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