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1. (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position
   "a takedown counts two points"
    
2. A crushing remark
   - put-down, squelch [informal], squelcher

1. Move something down to a less high position
   "take down the vase from the shelf";
   - lower, let down, get down, bring down
    
2. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
   "She tends to take down younger women colleagues";
   - degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
    
3. Destroy (a building or buildings) so as to make nearly level the ground
   "When a force occupies an enemy fortress, it may take down the fortifications";
   - level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down, flatten
    
4. Make a written note of
   "she took down everything the teacher said that morning";
   - note

Derived forms: takes down, takedowns, took down, taken down, taking down

See also: bust [informal], put

Type of: abase, chagrin, derision, destroy, destruct, displace, fall, get down, humble, humiliate, mortify, move, pin, put down, set down, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary], write down

Part of: wrestling match

Encyclopedia: Takedown