0 to remove something: --
1 to subtract a number (= remove it from another number): --
If you take 4 away from 12 you get 8.
Four take away two is two.
2 to get a particular message or piece of information from something you read or are told : --
What I took away from his talk is that going to university is definitely worth it.
3 to buy food in a restaurant and eat it somewhere else: --
Is that to eat in or take away?
4 to remove something: --
The Bank's rate increases have taken impetus away from housing demand.
take sth away from sb/sth The amendments are not really taking any power away from the Civil Service.
The federal government threatened to take away $1 billion in highway funds.
5 to make money from something: --
Every individual has rights that must never be taken away.
I was a bit worried when an official came and took my passport away.
The men didn't come to take the rubbish away.
Mum was so cross with him, she threatened to take all his toys away.