take away

take away
1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them.

[V n P] They're going to take my citizenship away...

[V n P from n] `Give me the knife,' he said softly, `or I'll take it away from you.'...

[V P n (not pron)] In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract one number from the other.

[V n P from n] We take the time when he goes and we take the time when he comes back, take one away from the other and we know how long the horse has been out. [Also V P n (not pron), V n P]

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3) PHRASAL VERB To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital.

[V n P] Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away...

[V n P] They were taken away in a police bus...

[V P n (not pron)] Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released.

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4) → See also takeaway

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