take down

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.

   “He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph.”

2. fiil To remove something from a hanging position.

   “We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned.”

3. fiil To remove something from a website.

   “We must take this fake news item down today.”

4. fiil To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.

   “If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.”

5. fiil To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.

   “When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.”

6. fiil To lower an item of clothing without removing it.

   “The doctor asked me to take down my trousers.”

7. fiil To arrest someone or to place them in detention.

   “You have been found guilty. Take the prisoner down.”

8. fiil To swallow.

   “I took down the medicine and soon felt better.”

9. fiil To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).

   “It took me eight years to get enough on the asshole to try and take him down.”

10. fiil To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
11. fiil To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.

    “"[…]I mind the year after we came, my father took down with the ague, and things looked dark enough for a while; but, when old Billy Slater, on the Clear Fork killed a fat cow, he loaded a lot of the choicest on to a horse and brought it to us;[…]"”

12. fiil To reduce.

    “to take the volume down a bit”