"take away" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: take aways [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} take away (plural take aways)
  1. Misspelling of takeaway. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: takeaway
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-noun-7qT~sOEI

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} take away, {{en-prep}} take away
  1. minus
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-prep-Ep-ncTrb Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 14 20 9 9 10 6 10 12 9

Verb

Forms: takes away [present, singular, third-person], taking away [participle, present], took away [past], taken away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> away}} take away (third-person singular simple present takes away, present participle taking away, simple past took away, past participle taken away)
  1. To remove something and put it in a different place. Translations (to remove something and put it in a different place): выно́сіць (vynósicʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вы́несці (výnjesci) [perfective] (Belarusian), viedä (Finnish), ottaa pois (Finnish), ottaa (Finnish), sacar (Galician), recoller (Galician), retirar (Galician), 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (afniman) (Gothic), យកចេញ (yɔɔk cəñ) (Khmer), auferō (Latin), levar embora (Portuguese), retirar (Portuguese), recolher (Portuguese), हरति (harati) (Sanskrit), götürmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb--UWQse4E Disambiguation of 'to remove something and put it in a different place': 67 13 13 3 2 2 1
  2. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-ngGH8kN7
  3. To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
    To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-2tYlQ78o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 4 21 26 12 20 2 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 10 7 6 16 28 10 15 4 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 8 9 5 15 29 10 16 3 5
  4. To subtract or diminish something. Translations (to subtract or diminish something): ottaa (Finnish), ottaa pois (Finnish), riistää (Finnish), quitar (Galician), sacar (Galician), tirar (Portuguese), tirar fora (Portuguese), retirar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-~LVNOgbN Disambiguation of 'to subtract or diminish something': 4 7 7 78 2 0 1
  5. To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later. Translations (to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later): saada (Finnish), ficar com (Portuguese), rút kinh nghiệm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-AHwmyDTr Disambiguation of "to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later": 2 3 4 2 86 3 1
  6. (of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent. Translations (to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else): viedä pois (Finnish), viedä (Finnish), levar (Galician), conducir (Galician), conduzir (Portuguese), levar (Portuguese), retirar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-wvZlKs1J Disambiguation of 'to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else': 5 3 3 0 6 75 7
  7. (of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something. Translations (to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something): pitää loitolla (Finnish), afastar (Galician), quitar (Galician), afastar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-take_away-en-verb-okoota3q Disambiguation of 'to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something': 1 1 1 1 2 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.): deprive, divest, dispossess, fortake, strip Derived forms: take away from, takeaway [noun], take-away [noun] Translations (to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it): ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) (Ancient Greek), ودى (wadda) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), i-TA-A-D51:D40 (jṯꜣ) (Egyptian), ottaa (Finnish), viedä (Finnish), ottaa pois (Finnish), riistää (Finnish), retirer (French), sacar (Galician), quitar (Galician), toller (Galician), wegnehmen (German), 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biniman) (Gothic), togliere (Italian), យកទៅ (yɔɔktɨw) (Khmer), adimō (Latin), oftēon (Old English), retirar (Portuguese), confiscar (Portuguese), segurar (Portuguese), ficar com (Portuguese), reter (Portuguese), qichuy (Quechua), जिहर्ति (jiharti) (Sanskrit), हरति (harati) (Sanskrit), quitar (Spanish), sāmp- (Tocharian B), almak (Turkish), götürmek (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.': 7 43 43 2 2 3 0 Disambiguation of 'to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it': 7 43 43 3 2 3 0

Inflected forms

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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later",
          "word": "rút kinh nghiệm"
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          "text": "The police took him away for questioning.",
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          "text": "I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!",
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          "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
          "word": "levar"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
          "word": "conducir"
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          "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
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      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
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      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "dispossess"
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      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "fortake"
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      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
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      "word": "viedä"
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      "word": "riistää"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "retirer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "sacar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "quitar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "toller"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "wegnehmen"
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      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "biniman",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
    },
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      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "togliere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "yɔɔktɨw",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "យកទៅ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "adimō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "oftēon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "confiscar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "segurar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "ficar com"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "reter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "qichuy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "jiharti",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "जिहर्ति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "harati",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "हरति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "sāmp-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "almak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 43 3 2 3 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "götürmek"
    }
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}

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    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Norman translations"
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          "type": "example"
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          "text": "The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "The doctor gave me pills to take away the pain.",
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        }
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        "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it."
      ],
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who took away her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence."
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          "remove"
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          "text": "But take nothing away from Arsenal, who were driven on by the brilliance of Van Persie and Fabregas and only prevented from being out of sight at half-time by the feats of Al Habsi.",
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        }
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          "text": "I took away the impression that the play was under rehearsed.",
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      ],
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          "impression",
          "impression"
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm taking you away to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent."
      ],
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          "consent"
        ]
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        "(of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "My job takes me away from home most weekends.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Using the internet so much can take you away from your studies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something."
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "deprive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "divest"
    },
    {
      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "dispossess"
    },
    {
      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "fortake"
    },
    {
      "sense": "To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.",
      "word": "strip"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vynósicʹ",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выно́сіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výnjesci",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́несці"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "viedä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "ottaa pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "ottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "sacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "recoller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "afniman",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yɔɔk cəñ",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "យកចេញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "auferō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "levar embora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "recolher"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "harati",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "हरति"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove something and put it in a different place",
      "word": "götürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wadda",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ودى"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jṯꜣ",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "i-TA-A-D51:D40"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "ottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "viedä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "ottaa pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "riistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "retirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "sacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "toller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "wegnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "biniman",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphairéō",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "ἀφαιρέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "togliere"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yɔɔktɨw",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "យកទៅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "adimō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "oftēon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "confiscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "segurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "ficar com"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "reter"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "qichuy"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "jiharti",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "जिहर्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "harati",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "हरति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "sāmp-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "almak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it",
      "word": "götürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "ottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "ottaa pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "riistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "sacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "tirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "tirar fora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to subtract or diminish something",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later",
      "word": "saada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later",
      "word": "ficar com"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later",
      "word": "rút kinh nghiệm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "viedä pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "viedä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "levar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "conducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "conduzir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "levar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else",
      "word": "retirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something",
      "word": "pitää loitolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something",
      "word": "afastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something",
      "word": "afastar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take away"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
    "English prepositions",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Norman translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "take away",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Five take away two is three. (5-2=3)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "minus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minus",
          "minus#Preposition"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take away"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
    "English prepositions",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Norman translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "take aways",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "take away (plural take aways)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "takeaway"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of takeaway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "takeaway",
          "takeaway#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take away"
}

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