"take it away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take it away.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes it away [present, singular, third-person], taking it away [participle, present], took it away [past], taken it away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,took,taken>}} take it away (third-person singular simple present takes it away, present participle taking it away, simple past took it away, past participle taken it away)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, it, away.
    Sense id: en-take_it_away-en-verb-LxudSt4J
  2. (idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To begin, especially to launch a performance of some sort. Tags: idiomatic, imperative Synonyms: begin, commence Translations (to begin): a húrok közé csap (Hungarian), mandar a ver (Portuguese), приступи́ть (pristupítʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_it_away-en-verb-6vv7G5ab Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", English terms with placeholder "it", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'to begin': 1 99

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To begin, especially to launch a performance of some sort."
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