Monday, May 21, 2012

Take Down: Bring To The Ground


      
Take down: If somebody or something takes down another person or an animal they immobilize them by hitting or shooting so that they fall down to the ground.
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Coordinates of the English Language


The former wrestler took down the robber with a sleeper hold.
















 

Ways to use the phrasal verb take down:

  • All I know is that he takes down criminals very easily.
  • I'm telling you, she can take down someone with martial arts.
  • Fortunately the killer was taken down by his own gun.
  • That was when I though "I'm going to take down that mugger". 
  • We took down the aggressor with our bare hands.  

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  Vocabulary 
  • A sleeper hold is a move used in many martial arts.
  • With your bare hands is the same as with your own hands.
  • A muger is someone who attacks people in the streets in order to steal their money.

Take down has several other meanings.
 

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