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What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.
Michele Bachmann

Meaning of "take away" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE AWAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAKE AWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Take away is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective and a preposition.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES TAKE AWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Take-out

Take-out or takeout, carry-out, take-away, or parcel refers to prepared meals or other food items, purchased at a restaurant, that the purchaser intends to eat elsewhere.

Definition of take away in the English dictionary

The first definition of take away in the dictionary is to deduct; subtract. Other definition of take away is sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared. Take away is also preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE AWAY

take a dim view of
take a leaf out of someone´s book
take a person to the cleaners
take a powder
take a punt at
take a rain check
take a risk
take a running jump
take a whizz
take aback
take account of
take advantage of
take after
take against
take amiss
take an oath
take apart
take arms
take at one´s word
take back

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE AWAY

away
blow away
come away
far and away
from away
get away
give away
give the game away
go away
have it away
keep away
once and away
out and away
put away
right away
run away
straight away
tuck away
turn away
walk away
while away

Synonyms and antonyms of take away in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «take away» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE AWAY

Find out the translation of take away to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take away from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take away» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拿走
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llevarse
570 millions of speakers

English

take away
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूर करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَأْخُذُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забирать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

levar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরে নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

emporter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bawa pulang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wegnehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運び去る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제거하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk adoh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mang đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்துக்கொள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काढून टाका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paket servisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portare via
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabrać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забирати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a răpi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφαιρώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weg te neem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjerne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take away

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE AWAY»

The term «take away» is very widely used and occupies the 15.108 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE AWAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «take away» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «take away» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take away

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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE AWAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take away.
1
Joseph Altuzarra
If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut.
2
Michele Bachmann
What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.
3
Pearl Bailey
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
4
Justine Bateman
I'm picky about skin care because I hate perfumes or anything that says 'It will take away all the lines on your face.' I don't want to do that. But I do use Kiehl's and this skin cream called Restorsea because it makes my skin look nice and feel soft.
5
Peter Benchley
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
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Peter Benchley
If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted.
7
Cilla Black
It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.
8
Michael Bloomberg
You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.
9
Sonia Braga
If you take away money, if you take away the houses and things, who are we really? What is love really about? What is it to love each other? Why do we stay together, and why do all the kids split? All these questions I have really deep inside of me.
10
Harry Browne
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE AWAY»

Discover the use of take away in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take away and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
He Lives to Take Away My Shame
The mom SOLD, the man BOUGHT, but the daughter PAID. "He Lives to take Away My Shame" is a must read for all
Shelia Washington, 2012
2
Take Away
Lisa Trumbauer. Take away 3. How many are left? You have 6 slices of pie Take away 6. How.
Lisa Trumbauer, 2003
3
Don't Take My Grief Away: What to Do When You Lose a Loved One
Don't Take My Grief Away is a complete, helpful handbook covering such important areas as the choice of a minister, family dynamics during such stressful times, and personalizing the funeral service.
Doug Manning, 1984
4
Blessed Be Your Name: You Give and Take Away, My Heart Will ...
In Blessed Be Your Name, Matt and Beth Redman use the words of their inspiring song to explore how to stand in the place of praise even in the face of hardship and pain.
Beth Redman, Matt Redman, 2011
5
Take Away the Stone
In our families, we see death on a more personal scale. It can be a struggle to find hope and healing when someone you love dies. Take Away The Stone leads the reader on a journey to grasp the enormous power of the life Jesus brings.
Alan Sommer, 2008
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To Take Away the Hurt: Insights to Healing
Even the most painful of experiences can lead to growth and a deeper faith. In this book, personal stories and Flavia's illustrations impart insights that ease the heart and help the reader move beyond grief to reverence.
Flavia, Flavia Weedn, 2002
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1 + 1 Take Away Two!
Jungle animals group and regroup to demonstrate the addition and subtraction of a variety of numbers
Michael Berenstain, 1991
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My Take Away Vampire:
Derek Haines. Meal and tray onto the floor with what sounded like a thunderous clatter in the quiet restaurant. With pinkish embarrassment beginning to write itself all over his face, he knelt down to tidy his mess and tried again for the mouth of ...
Derek Haines, 2011
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Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition: Hisamatsu's Talks on ...
18. The. Four. Classifications: A. General. Outline. Today I will discuss Linji's " Four Classifications." The text reads, At the evening gathering the Teacher addressed the assembly, saying, "Sometimes I take away the person and do not take ...
Hisamatsu Shin'ichi, Gishin Tokiwa, Christopher Ives, 2002
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Take away: Design der mobilen Esskultur ; [Ausstellung im ...
" "The publication "Take away" documents a century of design-related developments associated with eating on the move.
Walter Leimgruber, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE AWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take away is used in the context of the following news items.
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Food fraud: What's in your takeaway?
If you're a Which? member you can read the full magazine article what's really in your take away? Not a member? You can sign up for a £1 trial to Which? to get ... «Which?, Apr 14»

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