take apart

Questions about take apart

What does take apart mean?

take apart means "take apart into its constituent pieces". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for take apart?

Close synonyms include disassemble, dismantle, break up, break apart, dismember. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take apart a common word?

take apart is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.