verb
1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3)
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take down the vase from the shelf
• Syn: ↑lower, ↑let down, ↑get down, ↑bring down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s somebody PP
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Somebody ——s something PP
2. tear down so as to make flat with the ground
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The building was levelled
• Hyponyms: ↑bulldoze
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
3. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
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She tends to put down younger women colleagues
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His critics took him down after the lecture
• Hyponyms: ↑reduce, ↑dehumanize, ↑dehumanise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
4. make a written note of
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she noted everything the teacher said that morning
• Syn: ↑note
• Hypernyms: ↑write down, ↑set down, ↑get down, ↑put down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE
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take down [phrasal verb]
1 : to remove (something) from the place where it is hanging or standing
I need to take down those curtains and bring them to the dry cleaner's.
Take down that terrible picture of me.
He took down the old shed and built a new one.
2 : to lower but not remove (something)
The doctor asked him to take down [=pull down] his pants.
3 : to write (something)
Did you take down the car's license number?
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Main Entry: ↑take
Useful english dictionary. 2012.