take down

verb

1. to record in writing

2. to dismantle or tear down

   to take down an old shed

3. to lower or reduce in power, arrogance, etc (esp in the phrase to take down a peg )

adjective

1. made or intended to be disassembled

Idioms and Phrases

Bring from a higher position to a lower one, as in After the sale they took down all the signs . [c. 1300]

Take apart, dismantle, as in They took down the scaffolding . [Mid-1500s]

Humble or humiliate; see take down a notch .

Record in writing, as in Please take down all these price quotations . [Early 1700s]