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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.