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RELATED WORDS : away away game back away barter away bear away beaver away blaze away blink away break away breaking away carried away carry away cart away cast away chase away chip away chip away at clear away come away cut away die away do away with double take draw away dribble away drift away drive away drop away dwindle away dwindling away eat away eating away ebb away fade away fading away fall away far and away file away flow away fool away frighten away fritter away frivol away get away get away with give and take give away give or take go away going away grind away hammer away at haul away have it away hive away home away from home keep away laugh away lay away lock away look away melt away move away out and away pack away pass away peg away piddle away pine away piss away plug away pound away pull away push away put away rationalise away rationalize away ride away right away run away running away rush away salt away scare away send away shoo away shut away shy away from sign away slip away sneak away sock away spirit away square away squirrel away stack away stash away stay away steal away stow away sweep away take take a bow take a breath take a breather take a chance take a crack at take a crap take a dare take a dive take a firm stand take a hit take a hop take a joke take a leak take a look take a powder take a shit take aback take account take advantage take advantage of take after take aim take apart take arms take aside take back take by storm take care take care of take chances take charge take control take cover take down take effect take exception take fire take five take flight take for take for granted take form take from take heart take heed take hold take hold of take home take home pay take in take in charge take in vain take in water take into account take issue take issue with take it take it easy take it on the chin take kindly to take leave take liberties take lying down take note take notice take off take office take on take one's lumps take orders take out take over take pains take part take place take pride take root take shape take sides take stage take steps take stock take ten take the air take the bull by the horns take the cake take the count take the edge off take the field take the fifth take the fifth amendment take the floor take the heat take the road take the stage take the stand take the veil take time take time by the forelock take time off take to take to be take to heart take to task take to the woods take turns take up take up arms take up with take water take with a grain of salt taking away tear away throw away throwing away toss away trifle away tuck away turn away turn away from turning away walk away wanton away wash away waste away wasting away wear away wearing away while away while away the time whisk away whittle away wipe away worn away yack away yap away

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb take away has 7 senses

• take away(v = verb.contact) bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off - 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"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonym: bring
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• take away(v = verb.change) remove, take, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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"
Sample sentence:
They want to take away the doors

• take away(v = verb.change) take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonym: add
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• take away(v = verb.possession) Array - take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
is one way to take
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• take away(v = verb.consumption) take out - 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"
is one way to eat
Derived form noun takeaway₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• take away(v = verb.change) remove - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• take away(v = verb.change) detract - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
is one way to bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

THESAURUS

take away

abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, bate, belittle, bereave, bleed, carry away, carry off, cart away, curtail, cut off, decrease, deduct, delocalize, depreciate, deprive, deprive of, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disentitle, dislodge, disparage, displace, divest, drain, draw back, ease one of, eat away, erode, extract, file away, impair, knock off, lay aside, leach, lessen, lighten one of, manhandle, milk, mine, move, purify, put aside, reduce, refine, relocate, remove, retrench, rub away, send, separate, set aside, shift, shorten, shunt, side, subduct, subtract, take, take away from, take from, take off, take out, tap, thin, thin out, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

take away

Inexistence

VB not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate.

Subtraction

VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, 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, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, 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, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

Displacement

VB displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart.

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