take away
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(verb) take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
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Synonyms: take out |
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Related Words: bus, cart away, cart off, cross off, cross out, delete, erase, haul away, haul off, kill, mark, obliterate, remove, strike off, strike out, take, take away, wipe out |
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Antonyms: add |
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(verb) take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" |
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Synonyms: detract |
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Related Words: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down |
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(verb) remove from a certain place or environment; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday" |
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Synonyms: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off |
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Related Words: remove, spirit away, spirit off, take, take away, whisk away, whisk off |
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Antonyms: bring |
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(verb) take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents" |
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Related Words: take |
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(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket" |
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Synonyms: remove, take |
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Related Words: ablate, amputate, aspirate, bail out, bale out, bear away, bear off, bone, brush, bur, burl, burr, cancel, carry away, carry off, cast, cast off, chip away, chip away at, circumcise, clean, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, condense, cream, cream off, crumb, cut into, cut off, de-iodinate, de-ionate, debone, decalcify, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke, defang, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, delve, descale, detoxicate, detoxify, detusk, dig, disburden, discharge, disembowel, dislodge, dismantle, draw, draw away, draw in, draw off, draw out, dredge, drop, empty, eviscerate, excavate, extract, flick, free, get out, gut, hollow, hull, husk, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, knock out, lade, laden, ladle, leach, lift, lift out, muck, offsaddle, pick, pit, pod, pull, pull off, pull out, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, seed, shake off, shed, shell, shuck, skim, skim off, spoon, stone, string, strip, suck in, take away, take off, take out, take up, tear away, tear off, throw, throw away, throw off, turn over, tusk, unbrace, unburden, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, wash, wash away, wash-off, wear away, wear off, weed, winnow, wipe away, wipe off, withdraw |
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