take down (English, verb)
expansion: take down (third-person singular simple present takes down, present participle taking down, simple past took down, past participle taken down)
Senses:
glosses: To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
glosses: To remove something from a hanging position.
glosses: To remove something from a website.
glosses: To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
glosses: To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
glosses: To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
glosses: To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
glosses: To swallow.
glosses: To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
qualifier: combat sports
glosses: To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
glosses: To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
tags: colloquial
intransitive
glosses: To reduce.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: takes down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking down
tags: participle
present
form: took down
tags: past
form: taken down
tags: participle
past