takedown
1. (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position - a takedown counts two points • Topics: wrestling, rassling, grappling • Hypernyms: fall, pin • Part Holonyms: wrestling match 2. a crushing remark • Syn: put-down, squelch, squelcher • Derivationally related forms: take down, squelch (for: squelcher), squelch (for: squelch), put down (for: put-down) • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: derision
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