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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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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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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
Encouragingly, he was seen to move his hand to his face as he was taken down the tunnel.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The accounts have been taken down, but much of their contents remain accessible on the Internet Archive.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That said, the dude would be a lot cooler if he didn't get taken down by a bunch of space kids.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Ironically, Spirit was also taken down by its own success as more traditional airlines mimicked its offering and began to steal its customers with their own low fares.
—Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Danh's GoFundMe surpassed $187,000 on April 27, and has since been taken down.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Pepper is arrested and committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital rather than being taken down to a police station.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The assailant had been taken down by the Secret Service and was in custody.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
In exile, Carvajal began making grandiose denunciations of Maduro on his personal blog (now taken down) and on social media.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The accounts have been taken down, but much of their contents remain accessible on the Internet Archive.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That said, the dude would be a lot cooler if he didn't get taken down by a bunch of space kids.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Ironically, Spirit was also taken down by its own success as more traditional airlines mimicked its offering and began to steal its customers with their own low fares.
—Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Danh's GoFundMe surpassed $187,000 on April 27, and has since been taken down.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Pepper is arrested and committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital rather than being taken down to a police station.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The assailant had been taken down by the Secret Service and was in custody.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
In exile, Carvajal began making grandiose denunciations of Maduro on his personal blog (now taken down) and on social media.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
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This Mets team, with the second-highest MLB payroll at $369 million, had just been humiliated by a franchise that lost 119 games a year ago.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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One such accusation resulted in a federal lawsuit filed in September in which the former head of the Colorado Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind alleged DHS management humiliated and discriminated against him before forcing him out of his job.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down.—
Mosheh Gains,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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On offense, Bridges knocked down his spot-up jumpers and was even used as a ballhandler to facilitate offense.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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Suspect Cole Tomas Allen was confined to a padded cell with constant lighting and repeatedly strip-searched; the judge noted the jail houses convicted killers without such restrictions.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Gap noted that Doris Fisher’s influence extended beyond merchandising and store design.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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One dancer also claimed she was shamed for her weight.—
Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The Cleveland fan eventually was shamed by the internet into giving the girl the ball.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lubner said that as the industry contracted, many airlines pulled out of smaller, less profitable airports, leaving those communities disconnected.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Tripitaka had been passed down orally in India for centuries after the death of the Buddha before being written down in Sri Lanka about the 1st century bce.—
Ethan Teekah,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Still, any word that's misheard or misunderstood will be written down incorrectly, so there’s no real way to find transcription errors after the fact.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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But as the Dodgers fell to the Astros 2-1, the offense sunk back into a slump.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The British lost many hundreds of ships to German U-boat attacks in 1917 alone, and with an average of 13 ships being sunk daily in the spring, the question of how to better protect ships was an important one.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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Other screens show muscle and fat broken down by body part in both a chart and a full-body diagram.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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Asphalt is broken down on both sides of the road.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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