Meaning of take away in English

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Verb
take away
Definitions
1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state
Examples
- « 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 g »
Antonyms
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract
Examples
- « 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 envir »
Derived terms
3. take out or remove
Examples
- « take out the chicken after adding the vegetables »
Antonyms
- add
4. take from a person or place
Examples
- « We took the abused child away from its parents »
5. buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
Examples
- « We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook »
Derived terms
6. get rid of something abstract
Examples
- « The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage »
- « God takes away your sins »
7. take away a part from
Examples
- « diminish »
- « His bad manners detract from his good character »
Derived terms

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« Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He's at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he's under suspension. This is not America. »
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« Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. »
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« Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace? »
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« I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a heritage of culture and values and not of bombs and missiles... How can a nation allow a regime to instill fear, take away the people's freedom and shock the young generation that seeks its way out of the dictatorial Iran. »
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