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{{also|takeaway|take-away}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-take-away.ogg|a=AU}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> away}}

# To [[remove]] something and put it in a different place.
#: {{ux|en|Mother '''took''' our plates '''away''' and came back with some fruit for us to eat.}}
# To [[remove]] something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
#: {{ux|en|The teacher '''took''' my mobile phone '''away''' until the end of the lesson.}}
#: {{ux|en|The new law will '''take away''' some important rights from immigrant residents.}}
#: {{ux|en|The doctor gave me pills to '''take away''' the pain.}}
## To [[remove]] a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
##: ''The mother of the murdered man spoke directly to the man who '''took away''' her son, then addressed the judge, whom she trusted would impose the maximum sentence.''
# To [[subtract]] or [[diminish]] something.
#: {{ux|en|If I have five apples and you '''take away''' two, how many do I have left?}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=January 22, 2011
|author=Ian Hughes
|title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan
|work=BBC
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9365488.stm
|page=
|passage=But '''take''' nothing '''away''' from Arsenal, who were driven on by the brilliance of Van Persie and Fabregas and only prevented from being out of sight at half-time by the feats of Al Habsi.}}
# To leave a [[memory]] or [[impression]] in one's mind that you think about later.
#: {{ux|en|I '''took away''' the impression that the play was under rehearsed.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=8 Feb 87|volume=14|number=29|journal=Gay Community News|page=7|title=On Pre-Meditated Sex vs. Making Love|author=Ann Fry|text=Which brings us to what I '''took away''' as the main point of the lecture}}
# {{lb|en|of a person}} To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's [[consent]].
#: {{ux|en|The police '''took''' him '''away''' for questioning.}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm '''taking''' you '''away''' to the country for a rest. It's for your own good!}}
# {{lb|en|of a person}} To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
#: {{ux|en|My job '''takes''' me '''away''' from home most weekends.}}
#: {{ux|en|Using the internet so much can '''take''' you '''away''' from your studies.}}

====Usage notes====
All senses are transitive and the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.}} {{l|en|deprive}}, {{l|en|divest}}, {{l|en|dispossess}}, {{l|en|fortake}}, {{l|en|strip}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|take-away#Noun<pos:n>
|takeaway#Noun<pos:n>
|take away from
|take it away
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|to take away|remove}}

{{trans-top|to remove something and put it in a different place}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|выно́сіць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|вы́несці|pf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viedä}}, {{t|fi|[[ottaa]] [[pois]]}}, {{t+|fi|ottaa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|sacar}}, {{t+|gl|recoller}}, {{t+|gl|retirar}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|យកចេញ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|auferō}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[levar]] [[embora]]}}, {{t+|pt|retirar}}, {{t+|pt|recolher}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|हरति}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|götürmek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[lấy]] [[đi]]}}, {{t|vi|[[mang]] [[đi]]}}, {{t|vi|[[đem]] [[đi]]}}
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{{trans-top|to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it}}
* Arabic:
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|ودى|tr=wadda}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|jṯꜣ|h=i-TA-A-D51:D40}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ottaa}}, {{t+|fi|viedä}}, {{t|fi|[[ottaa]] [[pois]]}}, {{t+|fi|riistää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|retirer}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|sacar}}, {{t+|gl|quitar}}, {{t+|gl|toller}}
* German: {{t+|de|wegnehmen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀφαιρέω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|togliere}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|យកទៅ}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|adimō}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|oftēon}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|retirar}}, {{t+|pt|confiscar}}, {{t+|pt|segurar}}, {{t|pt|[[ficar]] [[com]]}}, {{t+|pt|reter}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|qichuy}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|जिहर्ति}}, {{t|sa|हरति}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|quitar}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|sāmp-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|almak}}, {{t+|tr|götürmek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[lấy]] [[đi]]}}, {{t|vi|[[tước]] [[đi]]}}
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{{trans-top|to subtract or diminish something}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ottaa}}, {{t|fi|[[ottaa]] [[pois]]}}, {{t+|fi|riistää}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|quitar}}, {{t+|gl|sacar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tirar}}, {{t|pt|[[tirar]] [[fora]]}}, {{t+|pt|retirar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saada}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[ficar]] [[com]]}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[rút]] [[kinh nghiệm]]}}, {{t|vi|[[rút]] [[ra]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[viedä]] [[pois]]}}, {{t+|fi|viedä}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|levar}}, {{t+|gl|conducir}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|conduzir}}, {{t+|pt|levar}}, {{t+|pt|retirar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[pitää]] [[loitolla]]}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|afastar}}, {{t+|gl|quitar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|afastar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|weghalen}}, {{t+check|nl|wegnemen}}, {{t+check|nl|afpakken}}
* Irish: {{t-check|ga|bain}} [[de#Irish|de]]
* Italian: {{t-check|it|portare via}}, {{t+check|it|asportare}}, {{t+check|it|rubare}}, {{t+check|it|togliere}}, {{t+check|it|levare}}
* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|remporter}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Preposition===
{{en-prep}}

# {{lb|en|childish}} [[minus#Preposition|minus]]
#: ''Five '''take away''' two is three.'' <math>(5 - 2 = 3)</math>

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|en|takeaway}}

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{head|sv|noun}}

# {{alt form of|sv|takeaway}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so|take%20away}}