Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat.
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Take away
/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/
Synonyms for "take away" (109 found)
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Translations
33 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀφαιρέω verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Arabic
1 entries- ودى verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-TA-A-D51:D40 verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Finnish
4 entries- ottaa verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- ottaa pois verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- riistää verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- viedä verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
French
1 entries- retirer verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Galician
3 entries- quitar verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- sacar verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- toller verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
German
1 entries- wegnehmen verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Italian
1 entries- togliere verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Khmer
1 entries- យកទៅ verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Latin
1 entries- adimō verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Old English
1 entries- oftēon verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Polish
2 entries- odebrać verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- zabrać verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Portuguese
4 entries- confiscar verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- ficar com verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- reter verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- retirar verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Quechua
1 entries- qichuy verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Sanskrit
2 entries- जिहर्ति verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- हरति verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Spanish
1 entries- quitar verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Tocharian B
1 entries- sāmp- verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Turkish
2 entries- almak verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- götürmek verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lấy đi verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
- tước đi verb (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson.
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The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.
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The doctor gave me pills to take away the pain.
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