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takedown

Or take-down

[teyk-doun]

adjective

  1. made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.

  2. Finance.takeout.



noun

  1. the act of taking down.

  2. a firearm designed to be swiftly disassembled or assembled.

  3. the point of separation of two or more of the parts of a takedown firearm or other device.

  4. Informal.the act of being humbled.

  5. Wrestling.a move or series of maneuvers that succeeds in bringing a standing opponent down onto the mat.

  6. Finance.takeout.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of takedown1

First recorded in 1890–95; adj., noun use of verb phrase take down
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Harrison controlled the action on the ground in the latter half of the first, Pena being deducted a point for two illegal up-kicks, before securing another takedown in the second.

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The committee has asked Meta to set out to it why "it has taken you on occasion up to six weeks to respond to a takedown request from the Financial Conduct Authority?"

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The protest movement against him, called "Tesla takedown," has also been successful at generating viral stories that make it seem embarrassing to own a Tesla.

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In historical retrospect, this was an injustice that was a symptom of the media’s emerging appetite for takedowns, and you were a casualty of that.’”

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As Trump said in his takedown of Ukraine President Zelensky, “you don’t have the cards.”

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