take away
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Childish minus
- Coordinate term: goes into
- Five take away two is three. (5-2=3)
take away
verbalso spelled take-away/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/
7 senses
- 1To remove something and put it in a different place.
- 2To remove something, either material or abstract, so…
- 3To remove a person, usually a family member or other…
- 4To subtract or diminish something.
- 5To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you…
- 6To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else.…
- 7To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or…
1
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.
2
To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson.
- The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.
1 more example
- The doctor gave me pills to take away the pain.
3
To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who took away her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence.
4
To subtract or diminish something.
- If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?
- But take nothing away from Arsenal, who were driven on by the brilliance of Van Persie and Fabregas and only prevented from being out of sight at half-time by the feats of Al Habsi.2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC:
5
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.
- Which brings us to what I took away as the main point of the lecture1987 February 8, Ann Fry, “On Pre-Meditated Sex vs. Making Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 7:
6
Of a person To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- The police took him away for questioning.
- I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!
7
Of a person To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
- My job takes me away from home most weekends.
- Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.
- Synonyms
- deprive, divest, dispossess, fortake, strip
- Derived terms
- take-away, takeaway, take away from, take it away