takedown
or take-down
made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
Finance. takeout (def. 8).
the act of taking down.
a firearm designed to be swiftly disassembled or assembled.
the point of separation of two or more of the parts of a takedown firearm or other device.
Informal. the act of being humbled.
Wrestling. a move or series of maneuvers that succeeds in bringing a standing opponent down onto the mat.
Finance. takeout (def. 5).
Origin of takedown
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How to use takedown in a sentence
Issa used this very same format of takedown against DeMaio that DeMaio’s using against Faulconer – fear about unauthorized immigrants and extreme conclusions about fiscal policy and homelessness.
Now, every morning, I wake up and drink my coffee and have to go through probably 20 a day and have to issue a rights takedown for all of them.
Future of TV Briefing: The ad-supported streaming war officially kicks off in 2021 | Tim Peterson | January 13, 2021 | DigidayOne of the California-based firm’s best-known takedowns came closer to home.
Little Big Shorts: How tiny ‘activist’ firms became sheriffs in the stock market’s Wild West | Bernhard Warner | December 3, 2020 | FortuneYou can see that because even with the takedowns Microsoft and Cyber Command have tried, they’re still able to operate.
A wave of ransomware hits US hospitals as coronavirus spikes | Patrick Howell ONeill | October 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFirms like Apple already operate within China while adhering to frequent takedown requests.
It’s getting harder for tech companies to bridge the US-China divide | Amy Nordrum | September 21, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
What specific actresses did the movie studios send you takedown notices for?
The Movie Nudity Maestro: Jim McBride on 15 Years of Mr. Skin and That Scarlett Johansson Scene | Marlow Stern | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“If you can land el Chapo, you can land anyone,” he says of a recent takedown.
Online, he railed against his dismissal, posting on Tumblr a bitter takedown of the network and studio.
But surprisingly for such a blistering parental salvo, response to the viral takedown was largely positive.
Nick Crews’s Daughter on Her Dad’s Viral Smackdown | Lizzie Crocker | December 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRead Michael Moynihan's takedown of Oliver Stone's newest production: The Untold History of the United States.
In the quiver was the bow, a takedown model, and three dozen arrows.
The Pirates of Shan | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for take down
to record in writing
to dismantle or tear down: to take down an old shed
to lower or reduce in power, arrogance, etc (esp in the phrase to take down a peg)
made or intended to be disassembled
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with takedown
Bring from a higher position to a lower one, as in After the sale they took down all the signs. [c. 1300]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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