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  • 1take down — [v1] write down inscribe, jot down, make a note of, minute, note, note down, put on record, record, set down, transcribe; concept 125 take down [v2] humble deflate, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, pull down, put down, take apart; concepts… …

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  • 2take down — (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down …

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  • 3take|down — «TAYK DOWN», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of taking down. 2. the fact of being taken down. 3. a rifle or similar firearm that can be taken apart and reassembled readily. 4. the nut, bolt, joint, or other piece, between its parts. 5. Wrestling …

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  • 4take down — (something) to destroy an aircraft as it is flying. The helicopter was taken down by enemy guns …

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  • 5take-down — takeˈ down noun A humiliation adjective Capable of being disassembled quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑take …

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  • 6take down — index demean (make lower), demote, enter (record), note (record), record Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 7take down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑let down, ↑get down, ↑bring down • Ant: ↑raise ( …

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  • 8take down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something down, you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf. [V n P] Alberg took the portrait down from the wall... [V P n (not pron)] Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume. 2) PHRASAL… …

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  • 9take down — v. (D; tr.) ( to write down ) to take down in (to take testimony down in shorthand) * * * [ teɪk daʊn] (D; tr.) ( to write down ) to take down in (to take down testimony down in shorthand) …

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  • 10take down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take down : present tense I/you/we/they take down he/she/it takes down present participle taking down past tense took down past participle taken down 1) to separate a large structure into pieces The platform… …

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