put down as

verb

To assume the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.

“I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor!”

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Meanings

verbput down as (third-person singular simple present puts down as, present participle putting down as, simple past and past participle put down as)

present singular third person puts down as · participle present putting down as

  1. idiomaticTo assume the particularity of someone's character based on very little information.

    I put him down as ignorant, but then discovered he is, in fact, a university professor!

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
have down as
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put down as,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20down%20as.

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