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take down

/ take down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
"His critics took him down after the lecture"
Type of:
humiliate mortify chagrin
Kinds of:
reduce dehumanize dehumanise
Derived:
put-down squelch squelcher takedown abasement
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 2
make a written note of
"she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
Type of:
write down set down get down
Derived:
note annotation notation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 3
move something or somebody to a lower position
"take down the vase from the shelf"
Opposites:
raise lift elevate get up bring up
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
reef depress dip incline
Derived:
lower berth lower lowering letting down
Causes:
descend fall go down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
"The building was levelled"
Opposites:
raise erect rear set up put up
Type of:
destroy destruct
Kinds of:
bulldoze
Derived:
razing wrecking leveling tearing down demolishing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
48
Times Searched
3
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humiliate mortify chagrin reduce dehumanize dehumanise write down set down get down move displace reef