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All take away synonyms

take aΒ·way
T t

verb take away

  • jail β€” a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
  • give ground β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • deadhead β€” A deadhead is someone who uses a free ticket to see a show, or for a plane or train trip.
  • dispossess β€” to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • make with β€” to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • make oneself scarce β€” insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
  • draw back β€” a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
  • decry β€” If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
  • interning β€” to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
  • deduct β€” When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total.
  • be-little β€” to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • offload β€” Unload (a cargo).
  • mark down β€” a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • incarcerate β€” to imprison; confine.
  • extinguish β€” Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
  • discount β€” to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • carry away β€” to remove forcefully
  • bad mouth β€” Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
  • lock up β€” a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • ferret β€” a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
  • confinement β€” Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  • intercept β€” to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
  • exfiltrate β€” Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
  • embargo β€” Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
  • get away β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • get lost β€” no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
  • make allowance for β€” the act of allowing.
  • derogate β€” to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
  • cry down β€” to belittle; disparage
  • ease out β€” freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • wipe β€” to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
  • dump on β€” to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
  • give way β€” manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • confiscate β€” If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
  • lay waste β€” to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • do away with β€” from this or that place; off: to go away.
  • draw away β€” to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • in-tern β€” to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
  • ferreting β€” a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
  • leave no stone unturned β€” the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • discharge β€” to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • bastille β€” a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
  • withdraw β€” to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • deprive β€” If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
  • impound β€” to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
  • carried away β€” to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • do a number on β€” a numeral or group of numerals.

preposition take away

  • minus β€” less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
  • less β€” not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
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