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What (who) is take away - definition

A PREPARED MEAL OR OTHER FOOD ITEMS, PURCHASED AT A RESTAURANT OR FAST FOOD OUTLET TO BE CONSUMED OFFSITE

Take-away food; Takeaway food; Take-out food; Take-away; Take out; Take away; Carryout; Carry-out; Takeout; Take-aways; Takeout food; Takeout container; Take Out; Imbiss; Takeaway; To-go; Take-Away; Food Takeaway; Taking out; Take Away

take away

1.

If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them.

They're going to take my citizenship away...

'Give me the knife,' he said softly, 'or I'll take it away from you.'...

In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P from n, V P n (not pron)

2.

If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract one number from the other.

Add up the bills for each month. Take this away from the income.

= subtract

? add

PHRASAL VERB: V n P from n, also V P n (not pron), V n P

3.

To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital.

Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away...

Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released.

= take off

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)

4.

see also takeaway

take away

v. (D; tr.) ('to remove') to take away from (she took the scissors away from the child)

take away

1.

Remove.

2.

Subtract, deduct.

Wikipedia

Take-out

Take-out or takeout (U.S., Canada and the Philippines); carry-out or to-go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. and Canada); takeaway (England, Wales, Australia, Lebanon, South Africa, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, (in both where carry-out is also used) and occasionally in North America); takeaways (India, New Zealand); grab-n-go; and parcel (Bangladesh, Pakistan) is a prepared meal or other food items, purchased at a restaurant or fast food outlet with the intent to eat elsewhere. A concept found in many ancient cultures, take-out food is common worldwide, with a number of different cuisines and dishes on offer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-out

Examples of use of take away

1. Take away stress and you take away one of the most debilitating causes of cramp.

2. "I‘d wanted him to take away my pain, and I didn‘t know back then that nobody can take away another person‘s pain.

3. "The president wants to take away our Social Security," he said, "and then he‘s going to take away the private pension plans, too?

4. If Tuesday‘s trends hold, Obama could take away Clinton‘s strengths.

5. "We didn‘t want that to take away from our occasion.