Show up
Show up verb - To come into view.
Take down
Take down verb - To reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes.
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However, they always show up alone so aren't that difficult to take down compared to some of the more dangerous enemy combinations that complement each other.
- While filming Raiders of the Lost Ark in Cairo, the producers had everyone take down their TV antennas so they wouldn't show up anachronistically in a rooftop scene.
Source: Mythology Gag / Video Games -
It does show up in the Makai Senki Disgaea anime, though you have to wonder how he managed to take down a space armada without the ability to fly.
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Take down and Show up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/show_up/take_down
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