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take away
verb
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What it means

  1. verb take out or remove
    “take out the chicken after adding the vegetables”
  2. verb take away a part from
    “His bad manners detract from his good character”
  3. verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state
    “Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands”
  4. verb take from a person or place
    “We took the abused child away from its parents”
  5. verb get rid of something abstract
    “The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”
  6. verb 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”
  7. verb remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    “remove a threat”