take down

verb

1. 1

   make a written note of

   she noted everything the teacher said that morning

2. 2

   tear down so as to make flat with the ground

   The building was levelled

3. 3

   reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

   She tends to put down younger women colleagues

   His critics took him down after the lecture

4. 4

   move something or somebody to a lower position

   take down the vase from the shelf