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Take down has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move something or somebody to a lower position

"take down the vase from the shelf"

2

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"

"His critics took him down after the lecture"

3

tear down so as to make flat with the ground

"The building was levelled"

4

make a written note of

"she noted everything the teacher said that morning"

5

To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.

Example Sentences
"take down the vase from the shelf" verb
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues" verb
"His critics took him down after the lecture" verb
"The building was levelled" verb
"she noted everything the teacher said that morning" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
lift erect
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
move humiliate destroy write down
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
reef depress dip incline reduce dehumanize bulldoze
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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