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Antonyms for take down

Grammar : Verb
Spell : teyk-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪkˌdaʊn

Definition of take down

Origin :
  • 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
  • verb write down
  • verb humble
Example sentences :
  • He excused himself; he feared he was engaged to take down Legard.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Her tries to take down the rifle—­the one as is there on the pegs, sir.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • "Let me take down the address, anyway," said he, and took it down.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various
  • "I was just tryin' to help Keziah take down her stovepipe," he explained.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • “Why, then,” began Mary, and started as if to take down the glass.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • May I beg you will take down the details; they are brief, but important.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "Oh, she's comin' out next week," he said, as he rose to take down his valise.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • Phil's going to take down that bar we pushed in place, and open up.
  • Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone
  • "We'll have to take down a lot of signs and change 'em," proposed Ned Allen.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
  • The other way is to speak so slowly that their hearers can take down what they say.
  • Extract from : « Life in the Medieval University » by Robert S. Rait, M.A.

Synonyms for take down

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