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takedown

takedown noun: a taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.

Noun

takedown (plural takedowns)

  1. (slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
  2. A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
    • Takedown (grappling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
    • The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored.2001, Charles H. Kennedy, An introduction to U.S. telecommunications law

takedown meaning in Tamil

takedown in Tamil

குழு முதலீட்டு வங்கியரின் பங்கு

Forms of takedown

pluraltakedowns

Plural of takedown: takedowns

Origin of takedown

Deverbal from take down.

Questions about takedown

What does takedown mean?
Takedown means a taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.
What is takedown in Tamil?
Takedown in Tamil is குழு முதலீட்டு வங்கியரின் பங்கு. See Takedown meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is takedown?
Takedown is a noun.
What is the plural of takedown?
The plural of takedown is takedowns.

Words near takedown in the dictionary

  1. takebacks
  2. taked
  3. Takeda
  4. takedaite
  5. Takedas
  6. takedown
  7. takedowns
  8. Takehisa
  9. takehome
  10. takehome pay
  11. takehomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: takedown (page history and authors); takedown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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