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/tˈeÉĒk ɐwˈeÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "take away"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to take away
[phrase form: take]
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āϕ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take something from someone so that they no longer have it
Transitive: to take away sth
to take away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police took away the suspect's illegal items.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϜāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

to remove something from a particular place
Transitive: to take away sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Clear the table and take away the dishes.
āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āϏāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
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āĻ¨ā§‡ā§ŸāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrest someone, typically by force or through legal means, and remove them from a particular location
Transitive: to take away sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you believe they took away the criminal right in front of our house?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇?
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āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to subtract one number from another
Transitive: to take away a number or amount | to take away a number or amount from a total
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher asked the students to take 20 away from 50 in their heads.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ 50 āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ 20 āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ease bad feelings or pain
Transitive: to take away distress or pain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Time has a way of taking away the pain of old wounds.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•ā§āώāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to order food from a restaurant and consume it elsewhere
Dialectbritish flagBritish
take outamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to take away food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a long day at the office, I just want to relax, so I 'm going to take away some Indian food on my way home.
āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ, āϤāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to bring someone along when staying briefly in a place
Transitive: to take away sb somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher took away the students to the educational field trip.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¨ā§‡ā§ŸāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to have a memory or impression from an event or performance
Transitive: to take away a memory or impression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you believe I took away such a vivid memory from that concert?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāϤāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ?
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āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make something smaller or less by taking a piece out
Transitive: to take away sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you please take the old decorations away from the room?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϏāĻžāϜāϏāĻœā§āϜāĻž āϏāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?
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