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To remove something from a place
“Joe telephoned Goodwill to arrange for a truck to come out later that afternoon and take away the junk from the spare closet.”
To dispossess a person of something, either material or abstract
“He is really a baldfaced liar and a blackguard at heart, and you can see it for yourself if you take away his possessions.”
To subtract from a total
“If I gave Bob three apples and you take away two, how many does Bob have left?”
To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right
To put an end to, especially formally
To excise or remove through cutting
To publicly denounce
Imprison or confine
To remove people from a place
To remove a substance by rubbing
To unload or discharge, typically cargo
To delete or remove something that was written or recorded
To take away from
To stop or obstruct someone or something in progress or motion
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required)
To remove or destroy entirely
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