From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take down
v 1: move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down
the vase from the shelf" [syn: {lower}, {take down}, {let
down}, {get down}, {bring down}] [ant: {bring up},
{elevate}, {get up}, {lift}, {raise}]
2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to
put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him
down after the lecture" [syn: {take down}, {degrade},
{disgrace}, {demean}, {put down}]
3: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building
was levelled" [syn: {level}, {raze}, {rase}, {dismantle},
{tear down}, {take down}, {pull down}] [ant: {erect}, {put
up}, {raise}, {rear}, {set up}]
4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher
said that morning" [syn: {note}, {take down}]
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