to take away

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

Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.

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.

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.

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.

To subtract or diminish something

If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?.

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"
get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
take off, remove, dismiss
take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
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"
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
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 from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
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
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 out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents
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to take away

    Hyphenation

    to take a·way

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı teyk ıwey

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈtāk əˈwā/ /tə ˈteɪk əˈweɪ/

    Etymology

    [ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.

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