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
It was taken down in 2019—the American home dismantled, an open house closed.
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Sprinkles now joins a long list of companies ultimately taken down by private equity.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
The original video appears to have now been taken down, and Newsweek reached out to the TikTok creator for comment.
—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
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
Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Sprinkles now joins a long list of companies ultimately taken down by private equity.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
The original video appears to have now been taken down, and Newsweek reached out to the TikTok creator for comment.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
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Days after the segment was recorded, Schmitz shot Amedure to death, then confessed to the murder, saying he'd been humiliated on national TV.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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During the flight, she’s thoroughly humiliated when someone finds her audition tape for Survivor and displays it on his laptop for all to enjoy.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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How does a now 40-year-old Aubry, who has been knocked down a few times, pick herself back up to show everyone what she’s made of?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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Porter knocked down his seventh trey immediately, then jumped a passing lane for a steal and a dunk that tied it at 90.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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As Lee noted in his opening remarks, gold trading has deep roots in Hong Kong, spanning decades with jewelers, multinational corporations, SMEs, refineries, and investment firms.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pornographic content addiction shouldn’t be normalized into acceptance or shamed into isolation.—
Beth Collums,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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They’ll be driven out of certain platforms; they’ll be made to feel unwelcome; they’ll be shamed in lots of ways, and humiliated.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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Residents of Algonquin Manor on Bradley Road saw a notice from We Energies taped to the building's front door in early October, warning that the electricity would be disconnected in a few days because of an unpaid bill.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Once hoses are disconnected, cover outdoor spigots with insulated faucet covers.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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By the sixth century BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was written down, the sources of their great wealth are listed as silver, iron, tin and lead; many of these were to be found in the western Mediterranean, in Spain (tin, silver) and in Etruria (iron ore, copper).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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This kind of expertise is rarely written down in one place and always valuable, especially when there’s a mechanical issue or system-level disruption.—
Kriti Sharma,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Distribution yields, measuring the percentage of net asset value that is returned to investors each year, have sunk to 11% on average in the last three years from over 25% a decade ago, according to Bain.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even with goals from Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews, Bobby McMann and Max Domi, the Leafs were sunk by defensive miscues, turnovers and questionable goaltending.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Herald report found that most of the Proterra buses had broken down within a year of deployment and were pulled from routes as maintenance requests piled up.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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