Sentence examples for a word down from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a word down" is not standard or widely recognized in written English.
It may be used informally to indicate a reduction or simplification of a message, but clarity could be compromised.
Example: "If you could just give me a word down on the main points, that would be helpful."
Alternatives: "a brief summary" or "a quick note".

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Life is different, but sweet, often devolving into hilarious charades as he tries to pin a word down, like a lepidopterist with a handful of oysters.

I guess I need to be possessed by my characters wholly, utterly, before I can put a word down, whereas other writers might only need the promise of possession before they jump off into the work.

That may not seem like much, but until that very moment I had never seen him write a word down before other than his name.

Break a word down into spoken syllables.

Write a word down on a piece of paper.

If you put a word down that changes another word, but still spells a real word, both of those words count for your score!

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In the late afternoon, I walked ("hobbled" might be a better word) down to the fish market and bought mussels.

Look at the last word, write that word down on a separate piece of paper, and write a list of rhyming words.

WORD DOWN UNDER A series of spoken-word events on Wednesday evenings in the BAMCafe, Oct. 10, 17 and Oct. 24.

If needed and possible, put some extra spaces until a word drops down to another line.

Have you ever broken the word down?

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