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]

Example Sentences

They say that they reached out to Telegram and YouTube, and the videos have been taken down.

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Indonesian authorities say they have taken down more than 5.7 million pieces of gambling-related online content over the past eight years.

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Two years on though, after a few false dawns, fears that Borthwick would not - or could not - expand his style into something able to take down the game's biggest beasts seem to be settled.

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She called him a “devil” on X and urged others not to vote for him, before her comment was taken down a few days later.

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The ranch’s website, which was taken down after the Journal reached out for comment on the trip, describes itself as a “scenic hunting resort nestled in the heart of Texas.”

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