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take_down has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ verb ] move something or somebody to a lower position

Synonyms

lower let_down bring_down get_down

Examples

"take down the vase from the shelf"

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier .

Related terms

raise move tend depress dip incline reef descend

2
[ verb ] tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Synonyms

tear_down pull_down level dismantle rase raze

Examples

"The building was levelled"

Related terms

raise destroy bulldoze level razing

3
[ verb ] reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

Synonyms

demean disgrace put_down degrade

Examples

"She tends to put down younger women colleagues" "His critics took him down after the lecture"

Related terms

humiliate reduce dehumanize put-down

4
[ verb ] (writing) make a written note of

Synonyms

note

Examples

"she noted everything the teacher said that morning"

Related terms

write_down note

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takedown take_ten taxi_dancer

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