take down

Questions about take down

What does take down mean?

take down means "move something or somebody to a lower position". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for take down?

Close synonyms include lower, let down, get down, bring down, degrade. 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 down a common word?

take down 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.