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down

adverb (IN WRITING)
 
 
/daʊn/

Definition

B1 in writing or on paper: I'll write it down now so I won't forget. Do you have it down in writing/on paper, or was it just a verbal agreement? I've got/put you down for (= have written that you want) three tickets each. The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses.Writing and typing
(Definition of down adverb (IN WRITING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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