# take away

Pronunciation: say "tayk-uh-WAY" /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/

## Phrasal verb

1. To remove something from where it is and move it somewhere else.
   - Simple: To carry something from where it is to another place.
   - _A truck comes every Tuesday to take away the recycling._
   - _The museum's paintings were taken away for cleaning during the renovation._
2. To cause someone to lose something, physical or abstract, by removing it.
   - Simple: To take something from someone so that they do not have it anymore.
   - _Critics say the bill would take away the right to appeal._
   - _A hot bath and an early night took away most of the ache in her shoulders._
4. To subtract an amount, or to lessen or diminish something.
   - Simple: To subtract a number, or to make something smaller or less.
   - _Take away the cost of materials, and the profit is surprisingly small._
   - _The cold, wet weather took away from what should have been a perfect evening._
5. To come away from an experience with a memory or impression that one thinks about later.
   - Simple: To come away from something with an idea or feeling that you keep thinking about.
   - _Most visitors take away a sense of how fragile the reef really is._
   - _She took away the impression that the company was hiding something._
8. To make a person leave a place and go elsewhere, usually against their will.
   - Simple: To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else, often when they do not want to.
   - _Officers took away three protesters who refused to leave the building._
   - _Don't let them take away my father without telling us where he's going!_
9. To prevent someone from being somewhere or doing something, or to limit how much they can.
   - Simple: To keep someone from being somewhere or from doing something, or to give them less time for it.
   - _Constant travel can take even devoted parents away from their children for weeks at a time._
   - _She was often taken away from her research by committee meetings._
10. To take a person, usually a relative or close friend, from someone by kidnapping or killing them.
   - Simple: To kill or kidnap someone, usually a family member or friend, so that the people close to them lose them.
   - _The cartel had threatened to take away his children if he testified._
   - _The war took away two of her brothers within a single year._

## Noun · take-away

Pronunciation: say "TAYK-uh-way" /ˈteɪk əˌweɪ/

3. A conclusion, idea, or lesson someone gains at an event and keeps for future use.
   - Simple: An idea or lesson you get from a meeting or talk and keep for later.
   - _The key take-away from the conference was that small firms need better cybersecurity._
   - _Each chapter closes with a short list of practical take-aways for managers._
6. A restaurant selling food to be eaten off the premises, or food bought there. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: A shop that sells meals to take home, or the food you buy there.
   - _We were too tired to cook, so we had a take-away in front of the telly._
   - _The fish-and-chip take-away on the corner stays open until eleven._

## Adjective · take-away

Pronunciation: say "TAYK-uh-way" /ˈteɪk əˌweɪ/

7. Relating to food that is meant to be eaten away from the place where it was bought.
   - Simple: Used to describe food you buy to eat somewhere else.
   - _Take-away containers piled up in the office trash by Friday._
   - _Many restaurants switched to take-away meals when their dining rooms had to close._

## Preposition

11. Minus: used between two numbers in a subtraction, chiefly by or to young children.
   - Simple: Minus, used by young children when they subtract one number from another.
   - _"Eight take away three leaves five," the teacher said, holding up her fingers._
   - _My son counted on his fingers and announced that twelve take away four was eight._

## Noun

Pronunciation: say "TAYK-uh-way" /ˈteɪk əˌweɪ/

12. Nonstandard spelling of takeaway. *(nonstandard)* — Nonstandard spelling of takeaway.
   - Simple: Nonstandard spelling of takeaway. Careful writers use the one-word spelling.
   - _Her email summed up the main take away from the meeting in one line._
   - _"My main take away," he posted, "is that nobody reads the manual."_

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