Take away meaning
Take away is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to remove a person or thing from a place.
- Past simple
- took away
- Past participle
- taken away
- -ing form
- taking away
What take away means
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To remove a person or thing from a place
A waiter took the empty glasses away.
3 more meanings of take away are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With take: take off, take out, take back, take up, take on, take down, take over, take someone aback, take after, take against.
With away: give away, go away, put away, throw away, come away, get away, get away with, run away, idle away, keep away.
Common questions
What does take away mean?
It has 4 meanings. One of them is to remove a person or thing from a place. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of take away?
Took away. The past participle is taken away.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
