Bring from a higher position to a lower one, as in After the sale they took down all the signs . [c. 1300]

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Take apart, dismantle, as in They took down the scaffolding . [Mid-1500s]

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Humble or humiliate; see take down a notch .

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Record in writing, as in Please take down all these price quotations . [Early 1700s]

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