What is the meaning of take down?

verb

  • Move something or somebody to a lower position.
    • usage: "take down the vase from the shelf"
  • Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
    • usage: "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
  • Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
    • usage: "The building was levelled"
  • Make a written note of.
    • usage: "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
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