Source : WordNet®

take down
     v 1: move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down
          the vase from the shelf" [syn: {lower}, {let down}, {get
          down}, {bring down}] [ant: {raise}]
     2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends
        to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took
        him down after the lecture" [syn: {degrade}, {disgrace}, {demean},
         {put down}]
     3: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building
        was levelled" [syn: {level}, {raze}, {rase}, {dismantle},
        {tear down}, {pull down}] [ant: {raise}]
     4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher
        said that morning" [syn: {note}]