Take+away+from
1take (away) from — detract from. → take …
2take away from — index confiscate, disinherit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3take away from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take away from : present tense I/you/we/they take away from he/she/it takes away from present participle taking away from past tense took away from past participle taken away from informal take away from… …
4take away from — PHRASAL VERB If something takes away from an achievement, success, or quality, or takes something away from it, it makes it seem lower in value or worth than it should be. [V P P n] It s starting to rain again. Not enough to take away from the… …
5take away from — verb To make something seem not so good or interesting. Even the rain couldnt take away from the excitement of the match …
6take away from (something) — 1. to reduce something. You know the company will cut jobs because it will not allow anything to take away from profits. 2. to make something less important. I don t want to take away from his achievement, but I think he should have thanked his… …
7take away — Synonyms and related words: abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, bate, belittle, bereave, bleed, carry away, carry off, cart away, curtail, cut off, decrease, deduct, delocalize, depreciate, deprive, deprive of, derogate, detract, diminish, discount …
8take away — v. (D; tr.) ( to remove ) to take away from (she took the scissors away from the child) * * * [ teɪkə weɪ] (D;tr.) ( to remove ) to take away from (she took the scissors away from the child) …
9take (something) away from someone — take (something) away from (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away… …
10take (something) away from something — take (something) away from (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away… …
