take down

take down

verb

Definition of TAKE DOWN

1

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes <there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes>

Synonyms abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down

Related Words abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle; belittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write off; bad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slander; affront, insult; censure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

Near Antonyms acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol (also extoll), fete (or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, tout; acknowledge, recognize; highlight, play up, spotlight; dignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify; advance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift; idealize, romanticize

Antonyms aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt

2

to take apart <electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run>

Synonyms break down, demount, dismantle, dismember, dismount, knock down, strike, take down

Related Words detach, disengage; break up, disaggregate, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, divide, separate

Near Antonyms build, erect, pitch; combine, unite

Antonyms assemble, construct

3

to make a written note of <took down the customer's contact information>

Synonyms jot (down), log, mark, note, put down, register, report, set down, take down, write down

Related Words chronicle, minute, transcribe; enregister, enter, inscribe; chalk (up), notch, score