set\ down

set\ down
v
1. To write; record.

He set down all his important thoughts in his dairy.

At the beginning of his letter Dan set down the date.

Syn.: put down
2. To stop a bus or other vehicle and let (someone) get off.

The bus driver set her down at the corner.

3. To put into some group; classify; consider.

When he heard the man speak, he set him down as a fool.

4. To explain; think a reason for.

The teacher set down the boy's poor English to his foreign birth.


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