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Take away
//ˌteɪk əˈweɪ// noun, prep, verb
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Noun
- 1 Nonstandard spelling of takeaway. alt-of, nonstandard
Preposition
- 1 minus childish
"Five take away two is three. (5-2=3)"
Verb
- 1 To remove something and put it in a different place.
"Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat."
- 2 remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract wordnet
- 3 To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
"The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson."
- 4 take out or remove wordnet
- 5 To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.; To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
"The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who took away her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence."
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- 6 take away a part from; diminish wordnet
- 7 To subtract or diminish something.
"If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?"
- 8 get rid of something abstract wordnet
- 9 To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
"I took away the impression that the play was under rehearsed."
- 10 buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food wordnet
- 11 To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
"The police took him away for questioning."
- 12 remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state wordnet
- 13 To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
"My job takes me away from home most weekends."
- 14 take from a person or place wordnet
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