take away

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   carry offphrasal verbtransitive

   To carry something from where it is to another place.

   The waiter will take away the dirty dishes in a minute.

   Workers took away the old couch this morning.

   Similarremove, collect

   Oppositebring, deliver

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   phrasal verbtransitive

   To take something from someone so that they do not have it anymore.

   If you keep fighting, I'll take away your video games.

   The coach took away his starting spot after he missed practice.

   Similarremove, eliminate, revoke, relieve

   Oppositegive, grant, restore

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   main pointnoun · take-awaycountable

   An idea or lesson you get from a meeting or talk and keep for later.

   My main take-away from the workshop was to plan less and listen more.

   The speaker ended with three clear take-aways.

   Similarlesson, conclusion, insight, message

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   phrasal verbtransitive or intransitive

   To subtract a number, or to make something smaller or less.

   If you take away three from ten, you get seven.

   The rain took away some of the fun of the picnic.

   Similarsubtract, deduct, detract

   Oppositeadd

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   leave with (idea)phrasal verbtransitive

   To come away from something with an idea or feeling that you keep thinking about.

   What did you take away from the movie?

   I took away one big idea from her speech.

   Similargain

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   to go (food)noun · take-awayAustraliaNew ZealandUKcountable

   A shop that sells meals to take home, or the food you buy there.

   Let's get a curry from the take-away tonight.

   There are three Chinese take-aways on our high street.

   Similartakeout

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   to go (food)adjective · take-away

   Used to describe food you buy to eat somewhere else.

   We grabbed some take-away coffee on the way to the station.

   The café sells take-away sandwiches at lunchtime.

   Similartakeout

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   phrasal verbtransitive

   To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else, often when they do not want to.

   Two guards came to take away the angry man.

   The kids were taken away to their grandma's farm for the summer.

   Similarremove, detain

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   keep fromphrasal verbtransitive

   To keep someone from being somewhere or from doing something, or to give them less time for it.

   Night shifts take many parents away from their kids at bedtime.

   Baseball practice took him away from his friends every summer.

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    seize loved onephrasal verbtransitive

    To kill or kidnap someone, usually a family member or friend, so that the people close to them lose them.

    The kidnappers threatened to take away his son if he went to the police.

    The family never forgave the drunk driver who took away their daughter.

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    minus (in sums)prepositionchildish

    Minus, used by young children when they subtract one number from another.

    Ten take away four is six.

    What's nine take away five?

    Similarminus, less

    Oppositeplus

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    nounnonstandard

    Nonstandard spelling of takeaway. Careful writers use the one-word spelling.

    "The take away here," she wrote, "is to start early."

    My big take away from the meeting? Slow down.

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