To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To remove something from a hanging position.
To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
To remove something from a website.
To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
To swallow.
To reduce.
To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.