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View synonyms for

take away

verb

  1. to deduct; subtract

    take away four from nine to leave five

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preposition

  1. minus

    nine take away four is five

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adjective

  1. sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared

    a takeaway meal

  2. preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises

    a takeaway Indian restaurant

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noun

  1. a shop or restaurant that sells such food

    let's go to the Chinese takeaway

  2. a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant

    we'll have a Chinese takeaway tonight to save cooking

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Sudanese officials say precious artefacts from the National Museum were taken away to be sold.

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"Things that are given can be taken away," he said, hours before Trump appeared to back off.

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“They already took away half our territory,” she said of the United States.

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"It's most likely that the artworks were accidentally taken away with the trash," they said.

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Well, one of them we took away and the other one we gave to her.

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