Question

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the following idiom.

What does "to take down the enemy" mean?

• A. To take the enemy's pictures off the wall.
• B. To kill the enemy.
• C. To make friends with the enemy.
• D. To ignore the enemy.

Hint:

Take down here means to defeat or kill, not remove something physically.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The idiom "to take down the enemy" means to defeat or kill the enemy, usually in a fight, battle, or confrontation. The phrasal verb take down here signals bringing an opponent to defeat or destruction, not a literal physical action of removing something from a wall.

Option 1 reads the phrase in a completely literal and unrelated sense involving pictures on a wall, which has nothing to do with the idiom. Option 3, making friends with the enemy, is the opposite of the idiom's aggressive meaning. Option 4, to ignore the enemy, also contradicts the sense of direct confrontation and defeat that take down implies.

Since the idiom is used in contexts of combat or competition to describe defeating or killing an opponent, option 2 is correct.