| 单词 | to take down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take down to take down 1. transitive. a. To pull down, demolish (esp. a building); to take to pieces, to dismantle. Also: to fell (a tree). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > fell timber fellOE hewc1000 hewc1175 cutc1300 falla1325 stockc1440 to take down1818 droop1819 society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [verb (transitive)] > distribute type distribute1615 dis1899 to take down1909 c1384 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 230 Also the seyd Richard Wyllesdon Schall..take don All maner of hosyng. 1537 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 165 As concerninge the rasing and takyn down the howse. 1548 in E. Green Somerset Chantries (1888) 116 One of theis ij churches maye well be spared and taken downe. 1633 Proclam. in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 446/1 All mosing Mills shall be taken down before Midsomer next. a1653 H. Binning Wks. (1840) III. 72 It taketh down the tabernacle of mortality. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 81 I received Orders..to proceed next to take down the two damaged Arches. 1818 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 573 Taking down three trees. 1840 J. Allies Anc. Brit., Rom., & Saxon Antiq. Worcs. 14 He declared that he was at St. Clement's Church when it was being taken down, and..one of the workmen discovered the coin in question among the ruins. 1909 R. Renwick in J. D. Marwick Edinb. Guilds Pref. 6 The printers, seeing no early prospect of the release of their type.., took it down. 2006 Build It May 46/1 The wall was taken down so a stonemason could repair it step-by-step. b. To remove from a higher to a lower position; to lower; to carry down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > take down to do downc1175 to take downa1400 reach1483 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11664 ‘Ioseph,’ sco said, ‘fain wald I rest.’.. Son he stert and tok hir dun. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1426 (MED) I Rede, we take down sayle & Rowe. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 504 Recovering the Jade on all foure againe, he desir'd to be taken down. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 73 Took down the feigned Body from the Cross. 1787 Lady's Mag. Aug. 413/2 My eldest son..made a sign to Lubin to take down the violins. They played alternately some country airs. 1808 E. Hamilton Cottagers of Glenburnie (ed. 2) ix. 200 Mrs MacClarty then took down a bottle of runnet. 1886 Troy (U.S.) Daily Times 2 Jan. 1/3 A boat's crew..was taken down by a whale near the Cape Verde islands. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 4/2 As she took down the receiver, she dropped it, but picked it up again. 1975 W. Kennedy Legs (1983) 222 Jack had taken a rifle down from the hall closet.., and thrown it on the back seat. 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 124 Take your trousers down. Come on, you'll not be sorry. 2. transitive. a. To lower the opinion of (a person) as to his or her own status or ability; to humble, to humiliate. Also: to check (a person's pride, arrogance, etc.) in this way.In quot. 1562: (perhaps) to rebuke, reprimand.See also to take (a person) down a peg (or two) at peg n.1 3a, to take a person down a buttonhole at buttonhole n. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 112 She had spoken to the said Custance, and taken her downe for the same. 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. F2v Ile take you downe a botton hole. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 228 For reuenge & taking downe the pride of this young man. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 123 So he might take down our Grease and Luxury, and keep the English courage in breath and exercise. 1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy II. lxviii. 221 [Should] a literato..rise above the common knowledge, he would soon be taken down, and made to keep within the general ignorance. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina II. 27 He seems to experience..satisfaction in what he calls taking me down. 1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John i. 4 Whatever takes down a young man's conceit must be profitable to him. a1872 F. Murdock Davy Crockett v, in America's Lost Plays (1940) IV. 148 Mother, that boy's getting a deal too pert. He'll have to be took down. 1935 Princeton Alumni Weekly 26 Apr. 597/3 [He] writes a cheerful note..upon becoming a grandfather. Will I take down his pride if I tell him that we now have 57 grandfathers in the class? 2007 C. Anderson Sun Kissed vi. 87 She's uppity. Long fingernails and oh, so fancy... All us gals have decided she needs to be taken down a couple of notches. b. To lower in degree or intensity; to reduce the strength of; to diminish, weaken. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. iv. 166 As strong and lustie in bodie as he was, before Love had so much weakened and taken him downe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 As for the Females,..Take down their Mettle, keep 'em lean and bare. View more context for this quotation a1717 E. Baynard Health (1719) 22 By Degrees take down your Heat. 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 167 When that rich Land..is grown too vigorous and resty, they may soon take down its Mettle, by Sowing it a few Years in their Old Husbandry. 1805 C. Lamb Let. 14 June in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 169 I now am calm, but sadly taken down, & flat. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 539 Olive colours..are first put in green, and taken down again with soot. 1877 G. Fraser Wigtown 311 A fresh supply of the Bladnoch [sc. whisky] had been lately added to his establishment, requiring of course to be ‘taken down’ to the proper strength. 1968 D. S. Douglas in O. L. Austin Antarctic Bird Stud. 169/2 The doors of the laboratory hut were opened.., and the temperature was taken down to that of an average summer day outdoors. 2007 M. Scott Death reins In xxxv. 207 You gonna have to take it down a notch, hon, and explain to me what this is all about. c. In passive. With with: to be struck down, or brought low, by illness. In later use regional (now chiefly U.S.). ΚΠ 1813 Adviser (Vermont) July 216/1 On the Friday morning of the week, when he was taken down with his last illness, he read the 23d Psalm. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xviii. 342 Taken down with a bilious fever. 1903 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 24 Oct. 438/1 Two individuals were taken down with influenza and two others with typhoid. 1947 Billboard 4 Jan. 29/2 An out-all-winter midwayite was suddenly taken down with the flu. 2013 J. Walls Silver Star viii. 55 [She] had three children to look after but had been taken down with meningitis. 3. transitive. Falconry. To cause (a hawk) to fly down back to the hand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > cause to fly down to take down1575 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie ii. 93 Alwaies prouided of some Pigeon, or other quick thing, to take hir downe the more easily. 1619 E. Bert Approved Treat. Hawkes ii. x. 77 Neuer offer to take him downe, but let him be as neere the Tarsell as may be, who when hee the hawke remoueth, by his voyce he may giue you knowledge thereof. 1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) ii. 18 When at any time you fly any one of these black or tawny Hawks, and she stoops foul and falls in her flight, you must take her down with some living thing. 1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 384/2 If you have not a quick duck, take her down with the dry lure, and let her plume a pullet. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 36 They are always taken down after having flown unsuccessfully at their game. 1900 E. B. Mitchell Art & Pract. of Hawking xiv. 200 Then taking down your merlin, and giving her a tiring to amuse her, go and pick out the lark from the straw. 1936 G. Blaine Falconry ix. 123 After putting a rook into cover from which he cannot be quickly ejected, a hawk must be taken down to the lure at once. 2013 gyrcross.blogspot.co.uk 8 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) The young Peregrine did not return and I looked back to Nelson intending to take him down to the lure. 4. transitive. To swallow, imbibe. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > swallow swallowc1000 overswallowa1400 engluta1492 slup1598 deglute1599 to take down1603 glut-glut1650 quilta1658 to get down1662 regurgitate1670 reswallow1792 to take on board1813 glutch1825 down1852 deglutate1867 1603 J. Hayward Answer Conf. conc. Succession ii. 43 You wil make a sower face at this; it will go very much against your stomackes; but there is no remedie, you must take it down. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. H I will take downe poyson, Eate burning coales, do any thing. View more context for this quotation 1667 N. Fairfax in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 549 Mr. Morley..was advised by some to take down a spoonfull of good English Honey. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Gula, in anatomy, the oesophagus or gullet; that conduit by which animals take down food into the stomach. 1780 F. Okely tr. H. Engelbrecht Divine Visions I. i. 55 My not being able to take down into my Stomach a single Drop of any Thing liquid, or so much as the least Morsel of any Thing solid. 1861 G. W. Henry Tell Tale Rag I. ii. 27 She was compelled to take down the idea that she never had a child that she could truly call her own. 1879 Sci. News (Salem, Mass.) 1 Sept. 332/2 He [sc. a snake] tried to take it down tail first, but could not get it into the pharynx. 1907 Irish Bee Jrnl. 18/2 May They would not take down food as I wished them to, in fact I thought they would starve. 2008 D. Johnson Air between Us (2009) xii. 151 His wife would..sit beside him like a good mama, watching while he took his medicine [sc. bourbon] down. 5. transitive. a. To write down (spoken words); to take a written report or notes of. Also: to write down the words of (a person), to take dictation from. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] writeeOE awriteeOE markOE titlea1325 record1340 registera1393 accordc1450 chronicle1460 to write upa1475 calendar1487 enrol1530 prickc1540 scripture1540 to set down1562 report1600 reservea1616 tabulatea1646 to take down1651 actuate1658 to commit to writing (also paper)1695 to mark down1881 slate1883 society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write from dictation to take down1883 1651 H. Whitfield Light Appearing To Rdr. 39 I took down the particulars in writing, as followeth. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 248 I took down the Names of those that had any. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 121 The precision with which you took down their answers. 1803 Lett. Miss Riversdale I. 319 The Prince took down the notes in pencil..and promised to ink them over for Lady Belfont. 1883 W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. iii. 48 These ballads had been taken down about the middle of the eighteenth century. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxii. 247 I enlisted a poet for company, and a stenographer to ‘take him down’. 1914 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion i, in Everybody's Mag. Nov. 579/2 What did you take down my words for? How do I know whether you took me down right? 1923 Musical Times 64 272/2 The classic warning that ‘anything you say will be taken down and may be used as evidence against you’. 1971 G. L. Curtis Election Campaigning Japanese Style iv. 125 While Satō talked his secretary took down the names and addresses of everyone in attendance. 2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 23 He [sc. Boswell] was a considerable menace, going round taking down actual conversations at dinner parties and in his club. b. Politics. To record (a contentious statement made in a legislative assembly) with a view to invoking disciplinary procedure. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > record contentious statement to take down1783 1783 Scots Mag. 45 App. 710/1 Earl Temple moved, that the words be taken down. The Earl of Carlisle said, it was usual where words were ordered to be taken down, for the bar to be cleared. 1784 Universal Mag. Jan. 45/1 Gen Conway said that he was ready to maintain what he had said. Let the right hon. gentleman move to take down his words, and he would make his charge. 1831 Mirror of Parl. (2nd Portion, 1st Sess., 9th Parl.) 696/1 In the speech of the Noble Lord opposite a threat was held out, but not of such a nature, I allow, as would admit of any Honourable Member calling upon the Clerk to take down the Noble Lord's words. 1863 Illustr. Times 20 June 422/2 On Monday Mr. Ormsby Gore rose and denounced these words as ‘scandalous and unfounded’. Whereupon Sir Robert Jackes Clifton jumped up and moved that the words were taken down. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 3 May 1/4 Representative Pettingill..threatened to invoke disciplinary procedure against Mr. Britten by means of what is known in the House as ‘taking down’ his words. 1949 Times 6 Apr. 6/5 I think the rule is that remarks of that kind cannot be taken down after there have been intervening proceedings in this case. 2005 Washington Times (Nexis) 19 Nov. a1 Two dozen Democrats shot to their feet and demanded her words be ‘taken down’, a precursor to House punishment, because she insulted Mr. Murtha. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 45 Captain Hatsel was speaking to have the debate put off till Monday, but Colonel Purefoy took him down. 1723 E. Knatchbull Diary 14 Feb. in Parl. Diary (1963) (modernized text) 13 In the middle of his speech the Speaker took him down and said that he must give that young gentleman a caution not to take those liberties in that assembly. 7. transitive. British Law. To remove (a prisoner) from (the dock of a courtroom), spec. in order to start a prison sentence after conviction; chiefly in imperative as a formulaic command given by a judge after passing sentence.With reference to the prisoner being escorted down the staircase leading from the dock to the cells below. ΚΠ 1819 Statesman 3 Nov. Take him down, and let him be flogged, and then discharged. 1884 Christian Union 24 July 95/2 ‘Let some one else take the prisoner down,’ said the Court to the sergeant. ‘Finn is excused.’ 1919 H. A. Cody Touch of Abner xvi. 151 ‘Sergeant, you may take the prisoner down,’ he added, turning to the officer who had been standing quietly by during this interview. 1953 R. T. Paget & S. S. Silverman Hanged—& Innocent? 102 When Bentley had been taken down, he [sc. the judge] turned to Craig and said: ‘I can only sentence you to be detained until Her Majesty's Pleasure is known.’ 1995 Times 23 Nov. 1/1 If attention is paid to what I think, you will never be released. Take her down. 2012 J. Jenkins Little Bones xiv. 279 The judge looked grave and Jane's head was swimming, until all she heard was, ‘Take the prisoner down.’ 8. transitive. Of a man: to escort (a female guest) into dinner. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > take (a lady) to dinner to take down1834 to take out1853 to take in1863 1834 Athenæum 23 Aug. 629/3 A footman, if put into the situation of a gentleman, would know what to do if told to give his arm to a lady and take her down to dinner. 1840 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Dec. (1971) 573 Sir John Campbell took me down to dinner and I was seated of course beside him. 1887 Mrs. J. H. Perks From Heather Hills II. xviii. 308 A quiet dinner-party, with a nice, sensible man to take you down. 1916 Woman's Home Compan. Nov. 18/1 It was Mr. Gerald that took me down, and we all went into that beautiful room. 2011 J. Feather Wedding Wager xvi. 331 Marriane surreptitiously consulted the paper Serena had drawn up decreeing who was to take whom down to dinner. ‘Mr Sutton, you will take down Lady Mountjoy.’ ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > outstrip in learning outlearn1632 to take down1843 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xix. 240 I took him down once, six boys, in the arithmetic class. 1844 H. Mann 7th Ann. Rep. Secretary Board of Educ. (Boston, Mass.) 65 If a pupil is not prompt at the moment, and if the teacher means to insist on an answer from him, he exclaims.., ‘Come away,’..—and if the first does not answer and the next does, he directs the latter to pass above the former by the conventional phrase, ‘Take him down’. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) v. 34 Dobbin..was ‘taken down’ continually by little fellows. 10. transitive. slang (chiefly Australian). To cheat, trick, swindle. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 113/2 I was pleased with the idea of taking down a ‘starchy’ tight fisted swaggerer. 1895 Argus (Melbourne) 5 Dec. 5/2 [The defendant] accused him of having ‘taken him down’, stigmatised him as a thief and a robber. 1898 Western Champion (Barcaldine, Queensland) 11 Jan. 4/5 He..took a man down for 23s. by ‘ringing-in a grey’ (a two-tailed penny) on him. 1908 Truth (Sydney) 3 May 1/4 It was alleged that he had been taken down in a gay house for $22 worth. 1972 R. Magoffin Chops & Gravy 21 A swiftie is something a bloke gets away with when he cons you, takes you down, takes you for a ride, puts one over you, or just plain has you. 2007 J. Blee Gold iii. 24 Sensible diggers avoided the rooming houses where they were likely to be taken down by a profusion of conmen offering all manner of services. 11. transitive. To wrestle, drag, or otherwise force (a person or animal) physically to the ground; to tackle or bring down aggressively or violently. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow > specifically a thing allayOE vanquishc1380 breaka1400 quealc1530 quail1533 ruin1585 to wrestle down?1611 to take down1889 to beat down- 1889 C. A. J. Farrar Up North Branch xviii. 302 Wingate..noticed this dark body shooting through the air, and saw it take the deer down. 1924 Irish Times 6 Oct. 4/3 Millin had a great run, and was only taken down on the line by Crawford. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ii. 31 The bouncing hare she did her best Upon that frosty ground When that great dog from Killileagh Brave Rattler took her down. 1984 G. R. Parulski Compl. Bk. Judo ii. 16/1 When he resists the push, pull him in the direction of his resistance and take him down. 2015 Sc. Sun (Nexis) 8 Feb. (Sport section) 35 [The team] quickly recovered with Michael Finnis levelling from the penalty spot..after Daniel MacLennan was taken down just inside the box by Liam Forbes. 12. transitive. colloquial (chiefly North American, originally Police slang and Criminals' slang) To take (a person) into custody; to arrest or apprehend (a person). ΚΠ 1893 Sunday Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 10 Sept. 8/4 The officers detailed to ‘take the prisoner down’ had great difficulty in forcing their company upon the man. 1949 W. R. Burnett Asphalt Jungle xxii. 165 Throw that crooked-eared bastard in the wagon. We're taking him down. 1954 J. O. Killens Youngblood iv. vii. 523 ‘Don't lose no more time with these biggedy niggers, Lieutenant,’ another officer of the law said. ‘Take all of them down.’ 1996 G. Sikes 8 Ball Chicks iii. 196 You don't know how big this is. You ain't taking me down for this. 2013 Times (Nexis) 16 Aug. (T2 section) 7 The screenplay skims over the thorny issue of whether money stolen at gunpoint could ever be used as evidence to take down a drug lord. 13. transitive. slang. To kill (a person); to defeat or dispose of (an opponent, rival, etc.). Also: to destroy or disable (an object, esp. a military target). Cf. to take out 1c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 1967 N. Mailer Why are we in Vietnam? x. 193 D.J. would kiss LBJ on the petoons just to have a rifle to take down Griz 2 and see how he look when he die. 1985 Associated Press (Nexis) 11 Dec. The key is to get the right firepower at the right place at the time to be able to take down the enemy. 1992 Stars & Stripes 26 Aug. 14 a/1 Whether you take down an enemy soldier in combat or somebody who is threatening to kill a hostage in civilian life, it's still the same thing. 1998 New Yorker 20 July 80/1 The Prez lies about running around on his lady and you want to take him down for it? That's cold, dude. 2003 New Yorker 17 Nov. 85/1 The first strikes would take down the Serb air-defense system. 2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Episode 3. 89 Next time I want a rematch and I'm going to take you down, motherfucker. I'm gonna take you down. 2012 Independent 31 Aug. 16/5 Innuendo and insult will never be enough to ‘take down’ a reasoned argument. 14. transitive. To remove (a website, web page, file, etc.) from the internet, esp. in response to a formal request, demand, or injunction. ΚΠ 1995 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 27 Aug. c1/1 The people who run the server where the page resides..took the material down to reassess the situation. 1998 Computer Lawyer Mar. 11 [The bill] is intended to..establish online service providers' responsibility to ‘take down’ infringing material upon notification from the copyright holder. 2005 Indianapolis Monthly Feb. 143/3 It was about that time I decided to take my online profile down. 2014 E. R. Leggett Digitization & Digital Archiving xiii. 170 The host is required by law to take down the offending web page and to notify the owner of the violation. < as lemmas |
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