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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. Cliven Bundy:

    The Lord told me ... if (the sheriff doesn't) take away these arms (from federal agents), we the people will have to face these arms in a civil war. He said, 'This is your chance to straighten this thing up,'.

  2. Matt Bellina:

    This thing doesn’t just take away muscles— it beats us up, kills us, and literally tears families apart, it exhausts everybody around you. I think those people deserve a lot of recognition.

  3. Susan Roberts:

    So, say you want the lasagna on the menu but only want a one-third portion, you could order that amount and pay one third of the price, it would completely take away the current incentive that restaurants have to overfeed people.

  4. Erica Jong:

    To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we symbolically take away the right to be an individual. Immigration officials did this to refugees; husbands routinely do it to wives.

  5. Marty Lyons:

    My dad loved life, but, if I had to tell him, Dad, youre going to die so that I could start a foundation and I could help all these kids, he wouldve said, Fine. Let me have one more cigarette, one more beer and Im good. It doesnt take away the pain. But when I started the foundation, it was the vehicle for me to move on because life doesnt stop for any one of us. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.


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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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