To stop eating so much food (referring to needing to use a shovel to consume more food) mostly told to a fat person
Fat person: I weigh 422 LBS
Guy: Jesus, put down the shovel
1. give (someone) facts or information; tell.
2. give an essential or formative principle or quality to.
ORIGIN: ATLANTA, GA
Example: "Let me 'put you down' - PUBLIX has the best subs ever!"
"Thanks! how'd you know that?..."
"POSTERBOY put me down"
When your partner is fed up with you pulling moves like his father in bed.
Hey hunny, Can you do me a favor and put the dean down.
When you're lured into someone's house under false presences, only for your host to 'let the shutters down'. Usually under the guise of a sporting event
I’ll put the shutters down on Saturday if we go back to mine to watch the rest of the games