Someone must be put in charge of writing down all the ideas.

必须有专人负责记录下来所有的主意。

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We needed someone to put his foot down.

我们只是需要一些脚踏实地人。

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That doesn't mean that all he has done has been negative. We needed someone to put his foot down.

但是这并不是说他所做的事情都是负面的，我们只是需要有人能够让他的脚步停下来。

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It's because someone had put down a challenge.

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