take down

take down
{v.} 1. To write or record (what is said). * /I will tell you how to get to the place; you had better take it down./ 2. To pull to pieces; take apart. * /It will be a big job to take that tree down./ * /In the evening the campers put up a tent, and the next morning they took it down./ 3. {informal} To reduce the pride or spirit of; humble. * /Bob thought he was a good wrestler, but Henry took him down./ Syn.: TAKE DOWN A NOTCH.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • take down — (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down …   New idioms dictionary

  • take|down — «TAYK DOWN», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of taking down. 2. the fact of being taken down. 3. a rifle or similar firearm that can be taken apart and reassembled readily. 4. the nut, bolt, joint, or other piece, between its parts. 5. Wrestling …   Useful english dictionary

  • take down — (something) to destroy an aircraft as it is flying. The helicopter was taken down by enemy guns …   New idioms dictionary

  • take-down — takeˈ down noun A humiliation adjective Capable of being disassembled quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑take …   Useful english dictionary

  • take down — index demean (make lower), demote, enter (record), note (record), record Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • take down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑let down, ↑get down, ↑bring down • Ant: ↑raise ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • take down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something down, you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf. [V n P] Alberg took the portrait down from the wall... [V P n (not pron)] Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume. 2) PHRASAL… …   English dictionary

  • take down — v. (D; tr.) ( to write down ) to take down in (to take testimony down in shorthand) * * * [ teɪk daʊn] (D; tr.) ( to write down ) to take down in (to take down testimony down in shorthand) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • take down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take down : present tense I/you/we/they take down he/she/it takes down present participle taking down past tense took down past participle taken down 1) to separate a large structure into pieces The platform… …   English dictionary

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