take down
To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixedTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
» We'll be taking down our Christmas tree soon.
Ми скоро будемо розбирати нашу новорічну ялинку.
Ми скоро будемо розбирати нашу різдвяну ялинку.
Meaning
12 sensesTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph.
herunternehmen, abnehmen, abmachen
сниматьsnimatʹ
To remove something from a hanging position.
We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned.
abhängen, abnehmen
сниматьsnimatʹ
move something or somebody to a lower position
To remove something from a website.
We must take this fake news item down today.
runternehmen
To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
niederschreiben (literarily), aufschreiben, notieren
записыватьzapisyvatʹ
To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.
demontieren, abbauen, entfernen
убратьubratʹ
To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
The doctor asked me to take down my trousers.
herunterlassen, herunterstreifen, niederwerfen
приспуститьprispustitʹ, уронитьuronitʹ
To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
You have been found guilty. Take the prisoner down.
We've got enough evidence now to take McFee down.
To swallow.
I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
(colloquial, intransitive)To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
(transitive)To reduce.
to take the volume down a bit
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Examples
136 sentencesWe'll be taking down our Christmas tree soon.
Ми скоро будемо розбирати нашу новорічну ялинку.
She tried to take down every word the teacher said.
Вона намагалася записати кожне слово вчителя.
Tom took a header down the stairs.
Том скотився зі сходів.
ruТом пересчитал головой все ступени.
The old house was taken down.
ruСтарый дом был снесён.
deDas alte Haus wurde abgerissen.
Please help me take this down.
ruПомоги мне, пожалуйста, отнести это вниз.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 7
Forms
takes down, taking down, took down, taken down| Base form | take down · to take down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes down |
| Present participle | taking down |
| Past simple | took down |
| Past participle | taken down |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
- take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
- take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
- take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
- take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
- take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
More 8
- take awayпозбавити, позбавлятиTo remove something and put it in a different place.
- take afterбути схожим на когось, нагадувати когосьTo resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
- take forтримати, держатиTo regard as.
- take apartзламатися, впастиTo dismantle something into its component pieces.
- take toвзяти, братиTo adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
- take withUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, with.
- take acrossTo go; to proceed.
- take againstTo stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
Synonyms
15 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb