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writing down
vb. (present participle of write down English)
Usage examples of "writing down".
A time for recapitulation, a time for gazing, a time for walking, a time for writing down the meaning of the exchange so far .
Maybe the process of writing down all his questions in some coherent order would help him.
Often the subject has difficulty even in writing down his thoughts coherently.
Johnson to talk, that I might not have the labour of writing down his conversation.
In this case we can strengthen the verification by writing down beforehand the words which we expect to find.