WHAT DOES TAKE DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of take down in the English dictionary
The first definition of take down in the dictionary is to record in writing. Other definition of take down is to dismantle or tear down. Take down is also to lower or reduce in power, arrogance, etc.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE DOWN»
The term «take down» is quite widely used and occupies the
25.703 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE DOWN»
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take down.
My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school.
We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.
From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling.
We support too big to fail. We want the government to be able to take down a big bank like JP Morgan and it could be done. We think Dodd-Frank, which we supported parts of, gave the FDIC the authority to take down a big bank.
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
Any time that we read a script and the 'Leverage' team has to infiltrate a place, assume identities, or become con artists ourselves to take down the really bad con artists, it's always fun to do that.
The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.
We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game.
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.
I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE DOWN»
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take down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
take down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gods of Mischief: My Undercover Vendetta to
Take Down the ...
Relates the undercover work of George Rowe, who infiltrated the Vagos motorcycle gang, spending three years working to take down the gang from the inside.
In The Take Down by Mark Anthony, the only question is, did Agent Jackson cross the line to get the evidence she needed?
3
Take-
down: the pursuit and capture of Kevin Mitnick, ...
Takedown is Tsutomu Shimomura's own riveting account of the story that has already become a real-life epic for the Information Age - a classic manhunt that, instead of being carried out on crowded urban streets or backcountry roads, is ...
Tsutomu Shimomura, John Markoff, 1996
4
Take Down Flag and Feed Horses
Part memoir, part reportage, and all good reading, Take Down Flag & Feed Horses is the first volume devoted to the daily work of staff members at Yellowstone National Park.
William C. Everhart, 1998
Take Down Journeys explores the hard edged erotic adventures of gay men as they utilize aspects of mind control to ‘take down’ the hot straight men that are the objects of their sexual desires.
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How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used ...
This account is an unputdownable thriller -- more of a psychological suspense story than a war memoir. And indeed, the story reaches far past the current conflict in Iraq with a reminder that we don't have to become our enemy to defeat him.
Matthew Alexander, John Bruning, 2008
7
Hwa Rang Do: Defense, Takedown, Submit
Black Belt is proud to present this guide to hwa rang do's technical and cultural significance for a new generation of historians, instructors and practitioners.
Taejoon Lee, Raymond Horwitz, 2005
8
United States Securities Law: A Practical Guide
If it is known at the time of first filing of the shelf registration statement with the
SEC that an offering off the shelf, or “take-down”, will happen shortly after
effectiveness, i.e., within two weeks, the practice had developed of submitting the
first ...
9
Takedown Twenty: A Stephanie Plum Novel
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Janet Evanovich's Top Secret Twenty-One.
December 2001: Vince McMahon steps out of a snowy night into a diner in upstate New York for a meeting with old friend Phil Thomson, now a highly placed government official.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE DOWN»
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take down is used in the context of the following news items.
Police take down man carrying paintball gun in Hamilton mall after it …
Police say he was arrested without injury after the takedown and a paintball gun was seized. They say the man did not point the paintball gun or threaten anyone ... «National Post, Mar 15»
Copyright guru claims 'fair use' to fight YouTube takedown notice
Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig has filed a complaint in a U.S federal court after he was forced to take down a YouTube video of his lecture ... «Computerworld, Aug 13»
Film studios request removal of takedown notices
Two film studios have asked Google to take down links to messages sent by them requesting the removal of links connected to film piracy. Google receives 20 ... «BBC News, Apr 13»
YouTube Says Universal Had No 'Right' to Take Down Megaupload …
YouTube said Friday that Universal Music abused the video-sharing site's piracy filters when it employed them to take down a controversial video of celebrities ... «Wired News, Dec 11»
