Take down meaning
Take down is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to defeat, kill, capture, or otherwise stop a dangerous person.
- Past simple
- took down
- Past participle
- taken down
- -ing form
- taking down
What take down means
B2
To defeat, kill, capture, or otherwise stop a dangerous person
Police took the armed suspect down without firing a shot.
2 more meanings of take down are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With take: take off, take out, take back, take up, take away, take on, take over, take someone aback, take after, take against.
With down: turn down, let down, put down, slim down, go down, come down, break down, keep down, set down, tie down.
Common questions
What does take down mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to defeat, kill, capture, or otherwise stop a dangerous person. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of take down?
Took down. The past participle is taken down.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
