take sth away Definition på svenska

• 0 to remove something: --

  • Supermarkets are taking business away from small local shops.

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

• 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: --

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

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