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take 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 … New idioms dictionary
take down — (something) to destroy an aircraft as it is flying. The helicopter was taken down by enemy guns … New idioms dictionary
take down — index demean (make lower), demote, enter (record), note (record), record Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
take 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… … English dictionary
take 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) … Combinatory dictionary
take 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… … English dictionary
take down — {v.} 1. To write or record (what is said). * /I will tell you how to get to the place; you had better take it down./ 2. To pull to pieces; take apart. * /It will be a big job to take that tree down./ * /In the evening the campers put up a tent,… … Dictionary of American idioms
take down — {v.} 1. To write or record (what is said). * /I will tell you how to get to the place; you had better take it down./ 2. To pull to pieces; take apart. * /It will be a big job to take that tree down./ * /In the evening the campers put up a tent,… … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ down — v 1. To write or record (what is said). I will tell you how to get to the place; you had better take it down. 2. To pull to pieces; take apart. It will be a big job to take that tree down. In the evening the campers put up a tent, and the next… … Словарь американских идиом
take down — verb a) 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. b) To remove something from a hanging position. We need to take down the curtains to be … Wiktionary
