Down
How words are described
| normal | normal down | normal take |
| original | original down | original take |
| true | true down | true take |
| top | top down | top take |
| Other adjectives: single, massive, little, bad, animated, weird, last, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They would sit down and take turns plunking down cards with all of their emotional problems.
Source: I Am the Noun -
In XCOM 2 enemy turrets and robots can be hacked by Specialists with the Haywire Protocol skill, allowing you to temporarily shut them down or take control if you pass the check.
Source: Hack Your Enemy - The Romanov-G's instant-kill homing missile has a distinctive droning sound; if you hear it and don't have time to shoot it down or take cover, you're toast.
Source: Hell Is That Noise / Video Games
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Take and Down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/take
Down & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/take>.
Take or Down. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/take.
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