[V P P n] `It's starting to rain again.' - `Not enough to take away from the charm of the scene.'...
[V n P P n] The victory looks rather hollow. That takes nothing away from the courage and skill of the fighting forces.
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take away from — ˌtake a ˈway from [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they take away from he/she/it takes away from present participle taking away from past tense took away from … Useful english dictionary
take (away) from — detract from. → take … English new terms dictionary
take away from — index confiscate, disinherit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take away from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take away from : present tense I/you/we/they take away from he/she/it takes away from present participle taking away from past tense took away from past participle taken away from informal take away from… … English dictionary
take away from — verb To make something seem not so good or interesting. Even the rain couldnt take away from the excitement of the match … Wiktionary
take away from (something) — 1. to reduce something. You know the company will cut jobs because it will not allow anything to take away from profits. 2. to make something less important. I don t want to take away from his achievement, but I think he should have thanked his… … New idioms dictionary
take away from something — ˌtake aˈway from sth derived no passive to make the effort or value of sth seem less Syn: detract from • I don t want to take away from his achievements, but he couldn t have done it without my help. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… … Useful english dictionary
take away — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
take away — v. (D; tr.) ( to remove ) to take away from (she took the scissors away from the child) * * * [ teɪkə weɪ] (D;tr.) ( to remove ) to take away from (she took the scissors away from the child) … Combinatory dictionary
