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take down   (TTS Sound)

The noun takedown has 2 senses

• takedown -- ((amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points")


• put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown -- (a crushing remark)

The verb take down has 4 senses

• lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down -- (move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf")


• take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")


• level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down -- (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled")


• note, take down -- (make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning")