Take away
noun
Actions of subtraction or subtracting exercises.
verb
To remove something and put it in a different place.
“Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat.”
To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
“The doctor gave me pills to take away the pain.”
To subtract or diminish something.
“If I have five apples and you take away two, how many do I have left?”
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess, divest, fortake, strip
preposition
Minus