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Noun take down has 2 senses
- takedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points"
--1 is a kind of fall, pin
--1 is a part of wrestling match
- put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown - a crushing remark
--2 is a kind of derision
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"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- 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"
--2 is one way to humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
--3 is one way to destroy, destruct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- note, take down - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
--4 is one way to write down, set down, get down, put down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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