Take down meaning
Take down means to remove something from a wall or a high place, or take it apart. It can also mean to remove something from a website.
take something down
take down · took · taken · taking
Can you help me take down the curtains?
Take down meanings and examples
3 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.
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1
Remove something from a wall or a high place, or take it apart
take something down
- Can you help me take down the curtains?
- We took the tent down in the rain.
- The tree is still up. Let’s take it down today.
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2
Remove something from a website
take somebody or something down
- The site took down the video after a day.
- Please take that photo down! I look awful.
- Why did they take down her post?
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3
Write down what someone is saying
take something down
- The officer took down my name and address.
- Hang on, let me take down your number.
- Did anyone take the details down?
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Is take down separable?
Take down is separable: take down the poster, take the poster down, take it down.
In the write meaning, take down is used when someone is speaking: She took down every word. For your own ideas, say write down or note down.
Verb tenses for take down
| Present | I take down · she takes down |
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| Past | took down |
| Present perfect | have taken down |
| -ing form | taking down |
Common mistakes with take down
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: The poster is old. Take down it.
Right: The poster is old. Take it down.
A pronoun goes between take and down.
Wrong: I took down the picture of the wall.
Right: I took the picture down from the wall.
Use from or off before the place.
Wrong: I took down my bag on the floor.
Right: I put down my bag on the floor.
Put down means place something lower; take down means remove it from a high place.
Synonyms and opposites of take down
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
- write downwrite something on paper so you remember it
- removethe general, more formal word
- dismantletake apart a machine or structure; formal
Take down quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1The party’s over. Let’s ___ the decorations.
Take down means remove things from walls.
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2Choose the right sentence.
The pronoun goes between take and down.
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3A company asked a website to remove a stolen photo. The site ___.
Take something down can mean remove it from a website.
More phrasal verbs with take
All phrasal verbs with take, by level, with an exercise
10 phrasal verbs start with take. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- take offA2remove clothes, shoes or glasses from your body
- take outA2remove something from a bag, a box, a pocket or a place
- take upB1start a new hobby or activity
- take backB1return something you bought to the shop
- take afterB2look or behave like an older person in your family
- take overB2start doing a job or a task that someone else was doing
- take onB2give someone a job
- take inB2let a person or an animal live in your home
- take awayB2remove something or someone from a place or a person
Take down FAQ
Questions people ask about take down.
What is a takedown?
A takedown, one word, is when something is removed from a website, often for legal reasons: The company sent a takedown request.
What does take someone down a peg mean?
It means make a proud person feel less important: He thinks he’s the best, so losing will take him down a peg. It is informal.
What is the past tense of take down?
Took down, and the past participle is taken down: The signs have been taken down.
Use take down in real conversations
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