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Phrase(s): put someone or something down as something
to write down the name of someone or a group as something. (See also put someone down as something.) • I will put you down as cook for the benefit luncheon. • I put down John as a likely prospect., Phrase(s): put someone down as something
bad to judge that someone is bad or undesirable in some way. (See also put someone or something down as something.) • He was so rude that I put him down as someone to be avoided. • If you act silly all the time, people will put you down as a fool.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs