takesomethingaway
phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
(REMOVE)
B2
toremovesomething:
Take thesechairsaway - we don't need them.
Supermarkets are takingbusinessawayfromsmalllocalshops.
to take something somewhere
- takeAre you allowed to take your phone to school?
- bringCould someone bring me a cup of coffee?
- takeSomeone's taken my pen.
- removeCan someone please remove this ugly plant?
- take awayWhen you've finished your meal, the waiter takes the plates away.
- take outShe opened her bag and took out a small notebook.
- Mum was socrosswith him, shethreatenedto take all histoysaway.
- The men didn't come to take therubbishaway.
- I can'teatany more,thanks- you can take it away now.
- I was abitworriedwhen anofficialcame and took mypassportaway.
- Everyindividualhasrightsthat must never be taken away.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rob
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- sweep
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Removing and extracting
(CALCULATE)
B1
tosubtractanumber(=removeit from anothernumber):
Four take away two is two.
If you take 4 awayfrom12 you get 8.
Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- add (something) up
- addition sign
- additive
- arithmetical
- coefficient
- deduction
- factorize
- half
- halve
- long division
- multiply
- power
- recursion
- roundsomethingdown
- subtraction sign
- subtractive
- table
- times
- treble
(LEARN)
to get aparticularmessageorpieceofinformationfrom something youreador are told :
What I took away from histalkis that going touniversityisdefinitelyworthit.
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keenness
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- scale
- uncomprehendingly
- understand
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
- wise
(FOOD)
B1UK(UStake out)
tobuyfoodin arestaurantandeatitsomewhereelse:
Is that toeatin or take away?
Providing & serving meals
- cakeage
- cater
- catering
- dish
- dish(something)up
- dishsomethingout
- gourmet
- honour
- ladle
- place
- plate
- platesomethingup
- replate
- rustle
- rustlesomethingup
- serve
- table
- wait at table(s)idiom
- wait onsomeone/something
- whipsomethingup