1
as in humiliated
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
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2
as in knocked down
to take apart
electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run
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3
as in noted
to make a written note of
took down the customer's contact information
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Recent Examples of taken down
The original video appears to have now been taken down, and Newsweek reached out to the TikTok creator for comment.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
The team then sent the cease-and-desist letter, and the ad was subsequently taken down.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Deadline will absolutely not be giving away any spoilers but the BBC has acknowledged that this happened and the show was taken down from Crave after a couple of hours.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The lights will shine until mid-January before being taken down and milled into lumber that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
He has already been taken down 12 times, eight over the past three games.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
While a Facebook group for ICE sightings in Chicago does appear to have been taken down, as of Tuesday evening, dozens of other groups, some with thousands of members, remained visible on Facebook.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
During that incident, Schabusiness was able to land a few punches on her lawyer before being taken down.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
The team then sent the cease-and-desist letter, and the ad was subsequently taken down.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Deadline will absolutely not be giving away any spoilers but the BBC has acknowledged that this happened and the show was taken down from Crave after a couple of hours.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The lights will shine until mid-January before being taken down and milled into lumber that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
He has already been taken down 12 times, eight over the past three games.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
While a Facebook group for ICE sightings in Chicago does appear to have been taken down, as of Tuesday evening, dozens of other groups, some with thousands of members, remained visible on Facebook.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
During that incident, Schabusiness was able to land a few punches on her lawyer before being taken down.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
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After users online and public figures rushed to show solidarity to Miss Mexico, who many felt had been publicly humiliated, the Thai executive came out to apologize.—
Paula Soria,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Other perennial favorites like the New Balance 550 Basketball Sneakers are sure to sell out quickly, with prices knocked down to just $47 from the original $110.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Monk knocked down a 3-pointer, dished to Sabonis for a dunk and threw down a dunk of his own as the Kings came back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The judge also noted she had not previously been told a mechanic had worked on the car, and also the government has given at least two different accounts of who approved the car’s removal to Maine.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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As Morosi noted, a move with the Phillies almost makes too much sense.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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And when placed counter to men in power, we’re shamed; just take the long-overdue imprisonment of Diddy and the public vitriol towards his female victims.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kirk’s former chief of staff Mikey McCoy shamed Cohen for the comments in a post on X early Thursday morning.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Grocoff, who lives with his family in a 125-year-old Ann Arbor home certified as net-zero energy, said his household disconnected from natural gas over 15 years ago.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Apple's stock has surged to new highs, but its valuation now appears increasingly disconnected from the company's growth profile and competitive positioning.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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First written down in 1632, Galileo was thinking about a passenger aboard a ship in the lower decks.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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Enough of them keep saying the same word, a title that is spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken, written down.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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When a cup is sunk, players must decide whether to answer a revealing question or take on a mystery wing, with heat levels ranging from mild to merciless.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Edmund Fitzgerald remains the largest of all the ships wrecked or sunk by bad weather in the Great Lakes.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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During this process, proteins in the flour are broken down into smaller compounds called peptides.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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