To cut across something.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
A crosscut saw.
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
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.