Wiktionary
prep. minus vb. 1 To remove something and put it in a different place. 2 To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. 3 To subtract or diminish something.
WordNet
v. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" [syn: bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off] [ant: bring]
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take, withdraw]
take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" [syn: take out] [ant: add]
take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook" [syn: take out]
get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" [syn: remove]
take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" [syn: detract]
Wikipedia
Take Away is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character, and Mark O'Toole. It stars Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne and Nathan Phillips. The film starts in 19th century Victoria with the invention of the ever great "Take away".
"Take Away" is a song by American recording artist Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. It was written by Elliott and Timbaland for Elliott's third studio album Miss E... So Addictive (2001) and features production by Elliott, Timbaland and Craig Brockman along with guest vocals from R&B singer, Ginuwine. While the album version credits background vocals by 702 member, Kameelah Williams, the single version replaces Williams's vocals with then-newcomer Tweet.
The song and its accompanying music video is dedicated to Elliott's close friend Aaliyah, who was killed in a plane crash on August 25, 2001. The remainder of the music video features a snippet of Elliott's single, " 4 My People", which served as an aptly–upbeat dedication to the victims of the 9/11 attacks and citizens of the United States.
The track was released via radio airplay as the album's third single on October 18, 2001 and began charting as an album cut. Soon as it picked up heavier airplay and debuted on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks at 84, the song was physically released in the United States on November 5, 2001, and in international regions on January 29, 2002.
On September 29, 2014, the album version of the song was sampled by Elliott's protégée Sharaya J for her single, "Takin' It No More".
Usage examples of "take away".
The only thing that mattered was that thetape could take away my kids.
She sat on the floor and watched him take away her shoes and his shoes.
Stick appeared to take away the porridge plates and bring in the bacon.
Give me alms, if you please, but do not insult my poverty with railleries which would take away all the merit of your beneficence.
For sin does not take away their nature, and the devils after the Fall did not lose their natural gifts, as has been said before.
It has pleased God the Almighty, in his inscrutable providence, to take away our innermost loved, best husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother-in-law, and cousin, Herr---, dyer of cloth and silk, yesterday night, at eleven o'clock, after three weeks of severe suffering, having partaken of the holy sacrament, in his sixty-sixth year, out of this earthly abode of calamity into the better Beyond.
To create a fighting machine and take away its greatest strength .
This robot participation will take away a great amount of the pleasure gained from hand-to-hand combat, but a perfecting trend cannot be stopped.
They gain their living by commerce and manufactures, and the place is frequented by a number of merchants, who carry thither their articles of merchandise, and take away those of the country in return.
By preventing the succession of women, his intent was to take away the source of luxury.