take sth away betydelse and definition

Betydelse av take sth away på svenska

• 0 to remove something:

  • Take these chairs away - we don't need them.

  • Supermarkets are taking business away from small local shops.

• 1 to subtract a number (= remove it from another number):

  • Four take away two is two.

  • If you take 4 away from 12 you get 8.

• 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 federal government threatened to take away $1 billion in highway funds.

  • take sth away from sb/sth The amendments are not really taking any power away from the Civil Service.

  • The Bank's rate increases have taken impetus away from housing demand.

• 5 to make money from something:

  • They will take away $45m if the shares are sold at the top end of the range.

  • After the disposal, the directors took away a combined payoff of £2.9m.

• 6 to learn something from an experience or activity:

  • take sth away from sth If there is one thing that people should take away from Black Tuesday, it is that we need regulators.

  • What do you hope people will take away from this?

• 7 to subtract one number or amount from another:

  • 200 take away 189 doesn't leave very much!