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take away
verb
to deduct; subtract
take away four from nine to leave five
preposition
minus
nine take away four is five
adjective
sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared
a takeaway meal
preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises
a takeaway Indian restaurant
noun
a shop or restaurant that sells such food
let's go to the Chinese takeaway
a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant
we'll have a Chinese takeaway tonight to save cooking
Example Sentences
Those workers, along with people employed in hotel and leisure businesses, raised concerns that his administration’s “aggressive policy on immigration” are taking away jobs that are “almost impossible to replace,” the post said.
"They've taken away any means for Iran to now defend itself, which obviously leaves any military or even the nuclear targets pretty much at the mercy of whatever Israel wants to do to it."
"It was nowhere near the time for her to be taken away from us. She was my baby. My eight-month-old baby," she added.
She added: "When people came to live in this community, they were told they had a house for life. That has been taken away from them."
What the events of the past week or so in Pennsylvania might also have taken away are questions over MacIntyre's place at the summit of the game.
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