took down

Word Origin & History

1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.

Example Sentences for took down

He took down the bar, and, throwing open the door, stepped out.

She took down the parcel from the shelf and undid the string.

He tried to read, and took down the Chateauvillard code of dueling.

Jimmy turned round to the hat rack and took down his cap and overcoat.

She cleared the sconce and took down the flitches that hung from the rannel-tree to dry.

He was took down sudden and died about ten o'clock last night.

I think he's kind of stuck-up, if you want to know, and if he is, he'll get took down in a hurry.

He opened a cupboard in the wall and took down a bunch of keys.

From a recess covered by a shawl running on a string she took down her bodice.

He took down a heavy volume from a shelf on his right, opened it and turned the pages.

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verb write down

Antonyms for took down

build up