TOOK DOWN Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

took down

verb

past tense of take down

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 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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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 Workers in the early morning of June 13 took down the president's signage after blowing past a June 12 deadline to comply with a judge's order. —

Joey Garrison, USA Today, 13 June 2026 The Dallas Wings took down the Phoenix Mercury 85-70 in the Commissioner’s Cup on Thursday night to bounce back from their 100-76 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. —

Cal Phillips, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 Potapoval, seeded 28th in the tournament, took down the fourth-seeded Gauff 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Meta took down the informal tokemaxxing leaderboard its employees had created. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2026 Alex Merkle and Sam Clark each hit solo home runs as Reading (18-2) took down Lynnfield to win the Brendan Grant Tournament. —

Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 After the yearslong investigation, authorities took down the VPN in a series of actions on May 19 and May 20. —

ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026 Last summer, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History quietly took down references to Trump’s two impeachments from a display on presidents who had faced the removal process. —

Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Freeman went deep for the first time in a month as the Dodgers took down his former team, 3-1, on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders. —

Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

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There’s the stepover loved by the two Ronaldos (Cristiano and Nazario, the original from Brazil), the two-touch turn that took off on a video game, and the hocus pocus skill that humiliated one Brazil legend and earned another a free meal.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Bryan’s stumbling responses, under questioning from the legendary defense lawyer Clarence Darrow, left him humiliated.

— Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026