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What does set down mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To write.
  2. (transitive) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
  3. (transitive) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to allow passengers to alight.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To humiliate.
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And yet Vermeer seems willing to set down the areas of light and shade just as they occur.
At last I could knit a few rows, enjoy the process and then set down the needles.
I sighed, wished for an electric heater, then set down to the task of rekindling the fire.
At one point, all 10 multi-instrumentalists set down their axes in the middle of a piece and sang in gentle, unearthly harmony.
Teddy set down his cup, a definite clink resounding throughout the office, and leaned forward.
If you set down a face card, an ace, or a joker, then next person has a certain number of chances to set down one of those cards.

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