Ill-advised dismissing devils with put down (4)
I believe the answer is:
laid
'put down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ill-advised dismissing devils' is the wordplay.
'dismissing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'ill'+'advised'='illadvised'
'illadvised' with 'devils' taken away is 'LAID'.
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for laid that I've seen before include "Prepared (a trap)" , "Produced eggs" , "settled" , "tables may be?" , "Put down like dial" .)