take away

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Verbi

take away

1. viedä pois

   The waitress took our plates away and brought us the desert.

2. ottaa pois

   I will not have my property taken away from me!

   I don't like my job to take me away from my family too much.

3. viedä mukanaan jonnekin (kauas)

   He took the children away to his home country and never returned.

   My parents came down to see me in New York City and took me away to Maine. Up there where I was born.

   They were kidnapped and taken away in a dark van.

4. saada irti jostakin (kuten luennosta jms.)

   I'm not sure how much the students were able to take away from my lecture.

5. viedä vankilaan, mielisairaalaan tms.

   And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa / They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa / To the funny farm / Where life is beautiful all the time / And I'll be happy to see those nice young men / In their clean white coats / And they're coming to take me away ha haaa... (Napoleon XIV)

6. viedä

   That would take away the justification of this policy.

   That took away my appetite completely.

7. vähentää (luku, määrä)

Liittyvät sanat

• takeaway

Idiomit

• Take it away! – "Anna palaa!", kehotus aloittaa (esitys)

We have a controversial band here tonight—take it away: the Sex Pistols...

• take (somebody's) breath away – häkellyttää, ällistyttää; saada haukkomaan henkeään (ihastuksesta jms.)

The view just took my breath away!