take down

verb12

1. •
   To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.

   • He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph.
2. •
   To remove something from a hanging position.

   • We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned.
3. •
   To remove something from a website.

   • We must take this fake news item down today.
4. •
   To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.

   • When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.
5. •
   To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.

   • If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
6. •
   To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).

   • It took me eight years to get enough on the asshole to try and take him down. — 2012
7. •
   To reduce.
8. •
   To arrest someone or to place them in detention.

   • You have been found guilty. Take the prisoner down.
   • We've got enough evidence now to take McFee down.
9. •
   To lower an item of clothing without removing it.

   • The doctor asked me to take down my trousers.
10. •
    To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
11. •
    To swallow.

    • I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
12. •
    (informal) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.

    • My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees, / And they rode the truck till they took down and died. — 1948