Take Away

Definition: Take Away

Take Away

Verb

1. Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry".

2. Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment".

3. Take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables".

4. Take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents".

5. Get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins".

6. Take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Take Away

Displacement

Verb: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile; (seclude); ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade.

Fear

Make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble;

Inexistence

Annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate; destroy; take away; remove; (displace); obliterate, extirpate.

Inexpectation

Surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard; astonish, dumbfound; (strike with wonder).

Killing

Verb: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, put an end to; despatch, dispatch; burke, settle, do for.

Nonaddition Subtraction

Verb: subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove, withdraw, take from, take away; detract.

Taking

Take from, take away from; disseize; deduct; retrench; (curtail); dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling.

Take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave.

Wonder

Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare.

Crosswords: Take Away

Yes. Don't you see? Take the name Brewster, take away the B, and what have you got? (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

This so-called new religion is nothing but a pack of weird rituals and chants, designed to take away the money of fools. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You can get in my head, you can take control of my body, but there is one thing you can never take away from a Saiyanhis pride! (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson)

Let's see what happens when we take away the puppy. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away. (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman)

We got something they can't take away (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me (If You Leave Me Now; performing artist: Chicago)

Would take away these lonely tears (Without You; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

But you got dreams he'll never take away ("9 to 5"; performing artist: Dolly Parton)

Cause I'll take away the doubt within your heart (Doesn't Really Matter; performing artist: Janet)

Take Away (2003)

Don't take away my pride If I give you my humbleness (1999)

Take Away (performing artist: Missy Elliott featuring Ginuwine & Tweet)

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Books

• Restaurants and Take Away Food in Taiwan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Take Away Applique (reference)

• Tavares - Don't Take Away the Music the Tavares Story - Top Rhythm and Blues Band (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Violet Storey, "take away," getting ready to take the rough board as it comes through the main saw. Credit: Library of Congress.

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No body can give more power than he has himself; and he that cannot take away his own life, cannot give another power over it. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Health

As Alzheimer's disease spreads through the cerebral cortex, it begins to take away language. (references)

At this point, AD begins to take away language skills and changes a person's ability to make judgments. (references)

Business

In the van segment, GM's Opel Zafira managed to take away sales from the other two large German competitors, the VW Sharan and Ford Galaxy. (references)

Economic History

Eq. Guinea

Senior government officials have extorted money from foreign companies operating in Equatorial Guinea in the past, threatening to take away logging concessions, for example. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

He instructed the personnel that any act that attempted to take away the dignity of those detained should be proscribed, whatever the reasons for their detention. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "take away": take away one's appetite ♦ take away one's breath ♦ to take away. Additional references.

Afrikaans

beneem (abstract, take). (various references)

Albanian

zvogëloj (abate, belittle, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, make smaller, minimize, mitigate, qualify, rebate, reduce, relax, relieve, scale down, slacken, take in, take up, understate), zbres (alight, bring down, climb down, debus, deduct, descend, dip, discount, dismount, dive, drop off, go down, knock off, let off, light, lower, reckon off, recoup, step down, subduct, subtract), vjedh (cop, Frisk, hook, lift, mooch, nobble, peculate, pilfer, pinch, prig, purloin, Rob, salvage, scrounge, snitch, steal, thieve, walk off with), shkatërroj (bash up, blow away, break to pieces, bust up, cast down, consume, crock, dash, decimate, defeat, demolish, depauperate, depredate, destroy, do for, do in, eat, erode, explode, flatten, gut, kill, level, rase, ravage, raze, rout, ruin, shake down, shatter, sink, smash, smite, subvert, tear to pieces, throw down, trample down, unbuild, vandalize, wreck, zap), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), marr me vete (carry away), largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, divert, eliminate, estrange, freeze out, keep away, keep off, lead off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, turn, wean, whiffle), largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, turn out, veer), ik me vrap (bunk, cut one's lucky, run, take to one's heels), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take off), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), arratisem (break, break out, decamp, elope, escape, evade, run off, scat, scoot, sling one's hook, take flight). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), ‏قصا (drive away, knock out, mop up, relegate, stump), ‏طرح (deduct, excrete, fling, floor, heave, lay, molt, moult, posit, put aside, put away, reject, squirt, subtract, subtraction, throw away, toss), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress), ‏أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вземам (borrow, cover, fetch, get, got, gotten, levy, load, partake, pick up, pot, retake, take, take in, take up), отвличам (abduct, abstract, call off, carry off, distract, divert, hijack, kidnap, reave, snatch away, steal away, turn off), отнемам (denude, deprive, detract, divest, evict, overreach, revoke, take), отнасям (blow away, carry away, number, relate, snatch, subsume, take off, walk away with, wash away, whiffle, whip off), отмахвам (flick, remove), отдалечавам (remove), махам (clean off, flap, get away, lash, motion, pick, pull off, remove, rip away, switch, wag, waggle), завеждам някъде, изваждам (abstract, bring on, bring out, deduct, draw, draw out, drive out, eject, excerpt, extract, fetch, fish out, gouge, knock out, lay out, move out, oust, pick, pick up, pull, put out, subduct, subtract, take from, take out, turn up, uncase, unpin, unship, whip out). (various references)

Chinese 

�'� (remove, withdraw). (various references)

Czech

vzít pryè, odvézt (carry away, move), odvést (carry off, divert, drain away, lead off, pay, walk off, walk off with), odstranit (ablate, clear away, discharge, dismantle, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, get out, remove, supersede, sweep), odnést (carry, carry away, carry off, take off), odejmout. (various references)

Danish

tage bort (abstract). (various references)

Dutch

wegnemen (abstract, deduct), weghalen (abstract), ritsen (deduct), rissen (deduct), afpakken (abstract), afnemen (abate, abstract, buy, clear away, decline, decrease, diminish, drop, fall, purchase, remove the cloth, settle, take over, wane), afhalen (abide, await, deduct, expect, meet, pick up, string, take along, take up, wait, wait for). (various references)

Esperanto

forpreni (abstract), depreni (deduct). (various references)

Faeroese

taka av (deduct). (various references)

Finnish

viedä pois (remove), ottaa (draw, get, lay hold of, pick up, remove, take, take off). (various references)

French

transporter, supprimer, soustraire (take out), retrancher, prêt � emporter, prélever, emporter (take, take out), emmener, dissiper, éloigner, éliminer, ôter (take off). (various references)

Frisian

ôfnimme (abstract). (various references)

German

wegnehmen (absorb, abstract, block out, detach, get rid off, keep off, move, remove, shift, take, take off, take out, to take away, withdraw, withdrawn), entziehen (abstract, deprive, detract, draw, extract, to detract, withdraw), abnehmen (administer, amputate, become less crass, buy, carry out, decline, decrease, deduct, diminish, drop, ebb, extract, flag, go down, hold, inspect, lessen, lift, lose weight, pull off, reduce one's weight, relieve, remove, shrink, slack off, slacken off, slim down, slow down, tail off, take down, take off, thin down, to lose weight, to take down, to take off, unpeg, unship, wane, wanes). (various references)

Greek 

παίρνω μακριά, αφαιρώ (ablate, abstract, deduct, defrost, delete, detract, dismount, dispossess, divest, eliminate, remove, remove from, strip, subduct, subtract, write off). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"פחית (abate, abridge, cut down, decrease, devaluate, diminish, lower, reduce, remit, step down, subtract), ל�"סיר (abstract, annul, eliminate, put aside, remove, rid, shed, shuffle off, strip, take out), לסלק (banish, clear, clear away, dismiss, eliminate, get rid of, remove, send away, throw out, work off). (various references)

Hungarian

levon (deduct, detract, subtract, to deduct, to impress, to recoup, to subtract, to take away), elvisz (carry away, carry off, lead off, to bring round, to carry, to carry away, to check out, to take away, to take off, to take out, to take over), elvesz (detract, to bate, to expropriate, to nick, to take from), eltüntet (clear away, cover up, hide, to charm away, to conjure away, to remove, to secrete, to spirit away, to spirit off, to take away). (various references)

Indonesian

angkat (lift). (various references)

Italian

togliere (decrease, disfranchise, free, get out, go away, lose weight, peel back, pick, pull, put, put off, quench, raise, relieve, remove, slim, strip, take, take from, take off, take out, wear off, wipe away). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

除ける (to dislodge, to put something out of the way, to remove, to take away), 退ける (to dislodge, to drive away, to put something out of the way, to reject, to remove, to repel, to repulse, to take away), 連れ去る (to take away), 持ち去る (to carry away, to take away), 捲き揚�'る (to roll up, to take away), 取り除く (to remove, to set apart, to take away), 取り崩す (to demolish, to take away until nothing remains), 巻き上�'る (to blow up, to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まきあ�'る (to blow up, to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away), のける (to dislodge, to put something out of the way, to remove, to take away), どける (to dislodge, to put something out of the way, to remove, to take away), つれさる (to take away), もちさる (to carry away, to take away), とりくずす (to demolish, to take away until nothing remains), とりのぞく (to remove, to set apart, to take away). (various references)

Manx

goaill ersooyl (abduct, abduction). (various references)

Papiamen

kita (abstract). (various references)

Pig Latin

aketay awayay

Polish

zabrać. (various references)

Portuguese

tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest). (various references)

Romanian

tãia respiraţia, retrage un copil de la şcoalã, face un prost serviciu (disserve), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, throw by). (various references)

Russian 

забрать (abstract, board, bring along, screen, take along, wainscot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzeti (get, hire, pick up, take), ukloniti (eliminate, get rid of, remove), skloniti (clear, clear away, dismount, hide, lay by, put away, refuge, remove), odvući (abduct, drag off), odvesti (drive away, drive off, drop off, lead, march, take), oduzeti (deduct, deprive, detract, palsy, subduct, subtract, take up, tarnish), odneti (carry away, carry off, remove, walk off with). (various references)

Spanish

quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), descolgar (abstract, get down, let down, pick up, take down, unhang), arrancar (abstract, blow away, draw, draw out, extort, extract, grub up, pick, pluck, pluck off, prise off, prize off, pull, pull away, pull off, pull out, pull up, put on, rip off, rip out, root up, start, start running, switch on, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, tear up, turn on, weed, win, wrest, wring). (various references)

Swedish

ta bort (delete, phase, remove, take off). (various references)

Turkish

paket yaptırıp götürmek, ortadan kaldırmak (abolish, annihilate, blot out, charm away, clear away, clear off, do away with, extinguish, hide from view, iron out, kill, make away with, put away, put out of sight, raze, remove, suppress, sweep, sweep away), götürmek (bear, bear away, carry, carry away, conduce, get, guide, lead, lead on, put across, remove, take, take off, usher, whip off), alıp götürmek (carry away, come for, lead away, pick off, take off, walk away with). (various references)

Turkmen 

дkitmek (carry). (various references)

Ukrainian

іти геть (go away, make off, mosey, run along, shove off), віднімати (abstract, deduct, denude, deprive, subduct, subtract), захоплюватися (addict, admire, applaud, enthuse, go for, rave), забирати (carry off, remove). (various references)

lah. (various references)

abalienabantur, abalienabit, abalienarentur, abalienati, abalienavit, abduco, abrogo, abscido, ager, agere, agerent, agerentur, ageret, ageretur, asportabit, asportabunt, asportari, asportate, asportatis, asportatur, asportaverat, asportaverunt, asportavit, asporto, avellam, avellamus, avellatur, avellit, aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus, avocare, avocate, avulsus, de-, decerpo, detracta, detractaque, detractos, detraham, detrahas, detrahat, detrahe, detrahebant, detrahent, detrahentem, detrahentes, detrahentia, detrahentur, detrahere, detraherent, detraheret, detraheris, detrahes, detrahet, detrahetur, detrahit, detrahunt, detraxerint, detraxero, detraxerunt, detraxeruntque, detraxi, detraxisti, detraxistis, detraxit, dis-, emoveo, removeo, subtractionis, subtracto, subtrahatis, subtrahe, subtrahebat, subtrahent, subtrahere, subtrahet, subtrahit, subtraxerim, subtraxerit, subtraxerunt, subtraxisti, tollo. (various references)

forniman. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Take Away" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: take aways. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: takeaway.

-2 letters: tweaky.

-3 letters: awake, tweak.

-4 letters: away, kata, kyat, kyte, taka, take, teak, twae, tyke, wake, weak, weka, wyte.

-5 letters: ate, awa, awe, aye, eat, eta, kae, kat, kay, kea, key, tae, taw, tea, tew, twa, tye, wae, wat, way, wet, wye, yak, yaw, yea, yet, yew.