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take down
verb
1 take down
Move something or somebody to a lower position:
— Take down the vase from the shelf.
synonyms: bring down, get down, let down, lower.
Roget 681:
not do,
not act,
not attempt;
be inactive
etc.
683;
abstain from doing,
do nothing,
hold,
spare;
not stir,
not move,
not lift a finger,
not lift a foot,
not lift a peg;
fold one's arms,
fold one's hands;
leave alone,
let alone;
let be,
let pass,
let things take their course,
let it have its way,
let well alone,
let well enough alone;
quieta non movere [Lat.];
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.];
rest and be thankful,
live and let live;
lie rest upon one's oars;
laisser aller [Fr.],
faire [Fr.];
stand aloof;
refrain
etc.
(avoid)
623,
keep oneself from doing;
remit one's efforts,
relax one's efforts;
desist
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
pause
etc.
(be quiet)
265.
wait,
lie in wait,
bide one's time,
take time,
tide it over.
cool one's heels,
kick one's heels;
while away the time,
while away tedious hours;
pass the time,
fill up the time,
beguile the time;
talk against time;
let the grass grow under one's feet;
waste time
etc.
(inactive)
683.
lie by,
lie on the shelf,
lie in ordinary,
lie idle,
lie to,
lie fallow;
keep quiet,
slug;
have nothing to do,
whistle for want of thought.
undo,
do away with;
take down,
take to pieces;
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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Roget 298:
eat,
feed,
fare,
devour,
swallow,
take;
gulp,
bolt,
snap;
fall to;
despatch,
dispatch;
discuss;
take down,
get down,
gulp down;
lay in,
tuck in [Slang];
lick,
pick,
peck;
gormandize
etc.
957;
bite,
champ,
munch,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
chew,
masticate,
nibble,
gnaw,
mumble.
live on;
feed upon,
batten upon,
fatten upon,
feast upon;
browse,
graze,
crop,
regale;
carouse
etc.
(make merry)
840;
eat heartily,
do justice to,
play a good knife and fork,
banquet.
break bread,
break one's fast;
breakfast,
lunch,
dine,
take tea,
sup.
drink in,
drink up,
drink one's fill;
quaff,
sip,
sup;
suck,
suck up;
lap;
swig;
swill [Slang],
chugalug [Slang],
tipple
etc.
(be drunken)
959;
empty one's glass,
drain the cup;
toss off,
toss one's glass;
wash down,
crack a bottle,
wet one's whistle.
purvey
etc.
637.
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Dutch: afzinken, neerlaten
2 take down
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
synonyms: degrade, demean, disgrace, put down.
Roget 879:
be humble
etc.
adj.;
deign,
vouchsafe,
condescend;
humble oneself,
demean oneself;
stoop,
stoop to conquer;
carry coals;
submit
etc.
725;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(brook)
826;
yield the palm.
lower one's tone,
lower one's note;
sing small,
draw in one's horns,
sober down;
hide one's face,
hide one's diminished head;
not dare to show one's face,
take shame to oneself,
not have a word to say for oneself;
feel shame,
be conscious of shame,
feel disgrace,
be conscious of disgrace;
drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.
blush for,
blush up to the eves;
redden,
change color;
color up;
hang one's head,
look foolish,
feel small.
render humble;
humble,
humiliate;
let down,
set down,
take down,
tread down,
frown down;
snub,
abash,
abase,
make one sing small,
strike dumb;
teach one his distance;
put down,
take down a peg,
take down a peg lower;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade
etc.
874;
stare out of countenance,
put out of countenance;
put to the blush;
confuse,
ashame†,
mortify,
disgrace,
crush;
send away with a flea in one's ear.
get a setdown†.
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Roget 551:
record;
put on record,
place on record;
chronicle,
calendar,
hand down to posterity;
keep up the memory
etc.
(remember)
505;
commemorate
etc.
(celebrate)
883;
report
etc.
(inform)
527;
write,
commit to writing,
reduce to writing;
put in writing,
set down in writing,
writing in black and white;
put down,
jot down,
take down,
write down,
note down,
set down;
note,
minute,
put on paper;
take note,
make a note,
take minute,
take memorandum;
make a return.
mark
etc.
(indicate)
550;
sign
etc.
(attest)
467.
enter,
book;
post,
post up,
insert,
make an entry of;
mark off,
tick off;
register,
enroll,
inscroll†;
file
etc.
(store)
636.
burn into memory;
carve in stone.
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Dutch: vernederen, behandelen, onderuithalen
3 take down
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
synonyms: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, tear down.
Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down;
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow;
courtesy,
curtsy;
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel;
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head;
cower;
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
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Dutch: uitkrabben, afbreken, neerhalen, slechten, slopen
4 take down
Make a written note of.
synonym: note.
Dutch: aantekenen
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