take breath away

Definition of take breath away in English English dictionary
take away: To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent
I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!.
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take away: To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something
Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.
take away: 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.
take away: 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.
take away: To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it
The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.
take away: To subtract or diminish something
If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?.
take away: 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"
take away: get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
take away: take off, remove, dismiss
take away: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
take away: 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"
take away: If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them. They're going to take my citizenship away `Give me the knife,' he said softly, `or I'll take it away from you.' In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed
take away: To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital. Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released. = take off see also takeaway
take away: take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
take away: If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract one number from the other. Add up the bills for each month. Take this away from the income. = subtract add
take away: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc 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"
take away: take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
take away: take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents
take away: depriveú
take away: impoverish
take away: deprive
take one's breath away: surprise, cause one's breathing to suddenly stop

take breath away

Hyphenation

take breath a·way

Turkish pronunciation

teyk breth ıwey

Pronunciation

/ˈtāk ˈbreᴛʜ əˈwā/ /ˈteɪk ˈbrɛθ əˈweɪ/

Etymology

[ 'tAk ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka; akin to Middle Dutch taken to take.

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