take down

Slang Dictionary

take (sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to make something known to the public. : You gotta take it public—put it on the street—even when it's none of your business. , Don't take it public. You'll just get talked about.
  2. tv.
    to sell shares in a company to the general public. (Securities markets.) : We're going to take it public whenever the market looks good.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

take down

  1. Bring from a higher position to a lower one, as in After the sale they took down all the signs. [c. 1300]

  2. Take apart, dismantle, as in They took down the scaffolding. [Mid-1500s]

  3. Humble or humiliate; see take down a notch.

  4. Record in writing, as in Please take down all these price quotations. [Early 1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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