Put down and Ride

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Put down verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.

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Ride and put down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ride" instead a verb "Put down".

Ride verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.

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Put down and ride are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Put down" instead a verb "Ride".

Nearby Words: rider, riding, ridable

Downer Ending: Hidetora finally reconciles with Saburo, and they ride off to put down the rebellions... then Saburo gets shot, and Hidetora dies of a heart attack.

Source: Film / Ran
Carlos is put down by the Boss after the Brotherhood takes him for a "ride", Aisha is murdered and Johnny hospitalized by Jyunichi, and Shaundi is kidnapped by Veteran Child.

Source: Darkest Hour
Moment Killer: This trope gets mixed with Black Comedy when Mindy and her date are on a romantic carriage ride through Central Park, only for one of the horses to break a leg and need to be put down.

Source: Series / The Mindy Project

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