take away

take away
    v 1: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or
         emotional state; transport into a new location or state;
         "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant
         lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take
         you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the
         dead man and I started to cry" [syn: {take away}, {bear
         off}, {bear away}, {carry away}, {carry off}] [ant:
         {bring}, {convey}, {fetch}, {get}]
    2: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking
       off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove
       a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take
       the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from
       the environment" [syn: {remove}, {take}, {take away},
       {withdraw}]
    3: take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the
       vegetables" [syn: {take away}, {take out}] [ant: {add}]
    4: take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away
       from its parents"
    5: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that
       sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too
       tired to cook" [syn: {take out}, {take away}]
    6: get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother
       removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away
       your sins" [syn: {remove}, {take away}]
    7: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
       from his good character" [syn: {take away}, {detract}]
    

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "take away":
      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, disentitle, dislodge, disparage,
      displace, divest, drain, draw back, ease one of, eat away, erode,
      extract, file away, impair, knock off, lay aside, leach, lessen,
      lighten one of, manhandle, milk, mine, move, purify, put aside,
      reduce, refine, relocate, remove, retrench, rub away, send,
      separate, set aside, shift, shorten, shunt, side, subduct,
      subtract, take, take away from, take from, take off, take out, tap,
      thin, thin out, wear away, weed, withdraw, write off