TAKEAPART

take apart

Verb

  1. to dismantle something into it's component pieces.
    I carefully took the clock mechanism apart to clean it.
  2. to soundly defeat someone, or a team
  3. to criticise someone
  4. to move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.


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