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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, 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. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
   "When a force occupies an enemy fortress, it may take down the fortifications";
   - level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down
    
4. Make a written note of
   "she took down everything the teacher said that morning";
   - note

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

Type of: abase, chagrin, derision, destroy, destruct, displace, fall, get down, humble, humiliate, mortify, move, pin, put down, set down, spifflicate, spiflicate, write down

Part of: wrestling match

Encyclopedia: Takedown