Main Entry: take down

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to lower without removing <took down his pants>
2 a : to pull to pieces <take down a building> b : disassemble <take a rifle down>
3 : to lower the spirit or vanity of
4 a : to write down <took down some notes> b : to record by mechanical meansintransitive verb : to become seized or attacked especially by illness