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 dismantled
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 recorded
to make a written note of
took down the customer's contact information
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Recent Examples of took down
Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills took down the reigning AFC-champion Kansas City Chiefs with a 28-21 final score in Orchard Park on Sunday evening.
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Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Then on Saturday, upstart North Texas took down previously 7-0 Navy 31-17, behind running back Caleb Hawkins’ 197 yards and four TDs.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Allie Lanciani scored three times as North Reading took down Essex Tech 4-0 in Cape Ann League girls soccer action.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Amazon's cloud arm, Amazon Web Services, suffered an outage that took down sites such as Reddit and Snapchat, plunging millions, including yours truly, into existential crises.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
An early-morning software update to DynamoDB, however, contained an error, which took down the service in Northern Virginia.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
In his pocket lies a time-management sheet, his dad’s nice football strategy obsession of choice, living with him to help his son to victory, much like Saturday night at the Rose Bowl when UCLA took down Maryland 20-17 to secure three consecutive victories.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Mississippi took down dangerous Tulane with an emphatic victory.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Then on Saturday, upstart North Texas took down previously 7-0 Navy 31-17, behind running back Caleb Hawkins’ 197 yards and four TDs.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Allie Lanciani scored three times as North Reading took down Essex Tech 4-0 in Cape Ann League girls soccer action.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Amazon's cloud arm, Amazon Web Services, suffered an outage that took down sites such as Reddit and Snapchat, plunging millions, including yours truly, into existential crises.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
An early-morning software update to DynamoDB, however, contained an error, which took down the service in Northern Virginia.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
In his pocket lies a time-management sheet, his dad’s nice football strategy obsession of choice, living with him to help his son to victory, much like Saturday night at the Rose Bowl when UCLA took down Maryland 20-17 to secure three consecutive victories.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Mississippi took down dangerous Tulane with an emphatic victory.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for took 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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The damage at Goddard is already being felt in lost expertise, dismantled facilities and the quiet unraveling of the center's safety infrastructure.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Experts say the jewels – among them an emerald necklace set with more than 1,000 diamonds gifted by Napoleon to his second wife – were likely to be dismantled for their raw materials.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mitchell played just 24 offensive snaps over the last four games and recorded two catches for 15 yards on four targets.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Draymond Green grabbed 10 rebounds but recorded just a single assist.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Some of these posts that claim to show theft as a result of no SNAP have been discredited, while others questioned for their authenticity.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Many fans have welcomed her to the two-time winners club, joining the likes of Tony Vlachos and Sandra Diaz-Twine, while others have discredited her triumph.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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Watson knocked down a pair of corner 3s and intercepted a pass to produce a layup as Denver pulled away in the fourth quarter.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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San Diego County jails have logged more than 3,300 bookings on low-level drug and theft charges since a new state law, Proposition 36, took effect and turned what had been misdemeanor crimes into felonies.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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At one point earlier this summer, Grow a Garden accounted for more than two-thirds of the ~30 million players logged into Roblox.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The phone eventually gave a busy signal, as if the line had been taken off the hook, and not long after, the number was disconnected.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The phone numbers the scammers were using turned out to be disconnected.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Took down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/took%20down. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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