take away

• Verbo compuesto que indica la acción de quitar algo de un lugar o de una persona, o de restar una cantidad de otra.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing something from a place or person, or to subtract something.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To remove something from a place or person.

   quitar, llevarse

   • Please take away the empty plates.
   • The police took away the evidence.
   • He took away the toy from the child.

   Sinónimoscleardetacheliminateextractremovestriptake offwithdraw

   Antónimosaddbestowgiveprovidesupply

2. formal

   To subtract a number from another.

   Restar

   • If you take away 5 from 10, you get 5.
   • Take away the cost of materials from the total profit.
   • The teacher asked the students to take away 20 from 50.

   Sinónimosdeductremovesubtractwithdraw

   Antónimosadd

3. Buy food to eat elsewhereinformalbritish

   To purchase prepared food from a restaurant to eat at home or elsewhere.

   comida para llevar

   • Let's take away some pizza for dinner.
   • They ordered Chinese food to take away.
   • I'm too tired to cook; let's get take away.

   Sinónimoscarry outtake out

Verbo basetake