|  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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