put down vs upgrade

put down

verb
  • To give something as a reason for something else. 

  • To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. 

  • To euthanize (an animal). 

  • To make prices, or taxes, lower. 

  • To pay. 

  • To terminate a call; to hang up. 

  • To add a name to a list. 

  • To insult, belittle, or demean. 

  • To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. 

  • To land. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down. 

  • To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially. 

  • To write (something). 

  • To place a baby somewhere to sleep. 

  • To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). 

upgrade

verb
  • To replace with something better. 

  • To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components 

  • To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to 

  • To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name. 

  • To improve in condition or status. 

noun
  • An upward grade or slope. 

  • An improvement 

  • An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology 

adv
  • Up a slope or grade. 

How often have the words put down and upgrade occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )