take down
Britishverb
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to record in writing
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to dismantle or tear down
to take down an old shed
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to lower or reduce in power, arrogance, etc (esp in the phrase to take down a peg )
adjective
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Bring from a higher position to a lower one, as in After the sale they took down all the signs . [c. 1300]
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Take apart, dismantle, as in They took down the scaffolding . [Mid-1500s]
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Humble or humiliate; see take down a notch .
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Record in writing, as in Please take down all these price quotations . [Early 1700s]
Example Sentences
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TikTok, which has since removed the clips and the accounts that posted them, said it had taken down more than 75 covert influence operations globally in 2025.
From BBC
Almost immediately it went from silence to all my fences being taken down.
From BBC
Kate was able to mirror-write a message using her right hand, call the alphabet when raps sounded, and take down a separate rapped message with her left hand, at the same time.
From Literature
Despite being outnumbered, Williams took down four of the jet fighters as his plane was hit more than 260 times and he was severely injured.
From Los Angeles Times
Unless, that is, you’re a professional baseball player, in which case it is at the center of a worrying pattern that is rapidly taking down sluggers—and becoming impossible to ignore.
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