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Princeton's WordNet

  1. takeout, take-awayverb

    of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises

    "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British"

  2. take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry offverb

    remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

    "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"

  3. remove, take, take away, withdrawverb

    remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

    "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

  4. take away, take outverb

    take out or remove

    "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

  5. take awayverb

    take from a person or place

    "We took the abused child away from its parents"

  6. take out, take awayverb

    buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

    "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

  7. remove, take awayverb

    get rid of something abstract

    "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

  8. take away, detractverb

    take away a part from; diminish

    "His bad manners detract from his good character"

Wiktionary

  1. take awayverb

    To remove something and put it in a different place.

  2. take awayverb

    To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.

  3. take awayverb

    To subtract or diminish something.

  4. take awayverb

    To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.

  5. take awayverb

    To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.

  6. take awayverb

    To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.

  7. take awaypreposition

    minus

Wikipedia

  1. Take Away

    Take Away is a 2003 Australian comedy film, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character, and Mark O'Toole. It stars Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne, John Howard and Nathan Phillips. The film starts in 19th century Victoria with the invention of the ever great "Take away".

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  1. take away

    "Take away" is a term that refers to the act of removing something or deducting a quantity from a whole. It can also mean to subtract, eliminate, or draw a conclusion, lesson, or understanding from a particular situation or event. Furthermore, "take away" can refer to the process of ordering food or drinks from a restaurant to consume elsewhere.

Wikidata

  1. Take Away

    Take Away is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character, and Mark O'Toole. It stars Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne and Nathan Phillips. The film starts in 19th century Victoria with the invention of the ever great "Take away".

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of take away in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of take away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of take away in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Warren:

    They either have to say theres a new set of rules for President Trump -- andthere will be for President Warren -- she will be able to declare national emergencies and take away Congress-appropriated and approved funds from militaryconstruction projects to spend them on her pet projects... or theyre going to say this is a problem.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    What you're hearing about potential light at the end of the tunnel doesn't take away from the fact that tomorrow, the next day, are going to look really bad.

  3. Karen Abrams:

    What this did to me and for me was take away my peace, take away the fact that my grandchildren and children can live in a community like this that's safe, i've got to do something to help change the laws. I don't know how I'm going to do it, I haven't quite figured that out yet, but I will. You'll see.

  4. Phil Neville:

    I know you have to manage a certain way when you're manager of Manchester United, but if you take away that brashness you lose what Jose Mourinho is about, he likes to create this siege mentality and that's what Sir Alex (Ferguson) did for 26 years. He told us in every team meeting that the rest of the world doesn't like you, wants you to fail, and that was the basis of our motivation in a lot of our games.

  5. Robert West:

    There is research on how to control microhabits -- things that you do without really thinking about it, you take away the opportunity to do it.


Translations for take away

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  • يسلبArabic
  • à emporterFrench
  • 取り除くJapanese
  • retirar, confiscar, segurar, tirar, [[ficar]] [[com]], recolher, afastar, reter, levar, [[tirar]] [[fora]], [[levar]] [[embora]], conduzirPortuguese

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