Some journalists just want to find a celebrity's weak points and take him or her down.
She claims there was a government plot to take down outspoken community leaders.
Today in tennis, Martinez easily took down Kournikova to win the championship.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
take down someone — take down (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down … New idioms dictionary
take down something — take down (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down … New idioms dictionary
take down — (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down … New idioms dictionary
take\ down\ a\ notch — • take down a notch • take down a peg v. phr. informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat … Словарь американских идиом
take\ down\ a\ peg — • take down a notch • take down a peg v. phr. informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat … Словарь американских идиом
take down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take down : present tense I/you/we/they take down he/she/it takes down present participle taking down past tense took down past participle taken down 1) to separate a large structure into pieces The platform… … English dictionary
take down a notch — or[take down a peg] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. * /The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take down a notch — or[take down a peg] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. * /The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take down a peg or two — wouldn t I just love to take that Mr. Bigshot down a peg or two Syn: humble, humiliate, mortify, bring down, shame, embarrass, abash, put someone in their place, chasten, subdue, squash, deflate, make someone eat humble pie; informal show up,… … Thesaurus of popular words
take down a peg — If you take someone down a peg, you make that person realize that they are not as important as they think they are. He was too proud. Somebody had to take him down a peg … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
