From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtake something ↔ down phrasal verb1 to move something that is fixed in a high position to a lower position She made us take down all the posters.2 WRITEto write down information Can I just take some details down?3 TAKE OFF CLOTHESto pull a piece of clothing such as trousers part of the way down your legs → take→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
take down• And then it might take him back down.• They're not taking it lying down.• But Will took it lying down - all in a good cause of course.• The curtains in the auditorium are ragged they took the curtains down because they was so ragged.• Ellie had often taken it down before, but had never dared try it on.• He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club.• The view is worth every tortured moment of discomfort it takes to hunker down, scrunch up, and peer out.• But no one can figure out a way to take that wall down without damaging the FleetCenter wall. 