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Definition of took down in English English dictionary

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

He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph.

take down
To lower an item of clothing without removing it

The doctor asked me to take down my trousers.

take down
To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding

When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.

take down
To write a note. Usually to record something that is said

If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.

take down
To remove something from a hanging position

We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned.

take down
make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
take down
move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
take down
tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
take down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
take down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture
take down
If you take down a structure, you remove each piece of it. The Canadian army took down the barricades erected by the Indians They put up the bird table, but it got in everyone else's way so Les tried to take it down. put up
take down
If you take down a piece of information or a statement, you write it down. We've been trying to get back to you, Tom, but we think we took your number down incorrectly I took down his comments in shorthand. = write down
take down
If you take something down, you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf. Alberg took the portrait down from the wall Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume
take down
record, write down, put in writing; remove, lower; take apart, disassemble; (Slang) kill
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