take away

take [sb., sth.] away, take away [sb., sth.]

1) (remove) togliere, levare [object]; portare via [person]; fare passare [pain, fear]

"two pizzas to take away, please" — BE "due pizze da portar via, per favore"

to take away sb.'s appetite — fare passare l'appetito a qcn

2) (subtract) sottrarre [number]

9 take away 7 is 2 — 9 meno 7 fa 2

that doesn't take anything away from his achievement — fig. questo non toglie niente al suo successo

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1. vi + adv

to take away from sth — danneggiare qc

his bad temper took away from the pleasure of our party — ci ha guastato un po' la festa con il suo cattivo umore

2. vt + adv

1)

(subtract) to take away (from) — sottrarre (da)

you need to take this amount away from the total — devi sottrarre questa cifra dal totale

sixteen take away three — sedici meno tre

2) (remove: person, thing, privilege) togliere, (carry away, lead away) portar via

they took away all his belongings — gli hanno portato via tutte le sue cose

she was afraid her children would be taken away from her — temeva che le togliessero i bambini

we took him away on holiday — l'abbiamo portato in vacanza

pizzas to take away — pizze fpl da asporto

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take [sb., sth.] away, take away [sb., sth.]

1) (remove) togliere, levare [object]; portare via [person]; fare passare [pain, fear]

"two pizzas to take away, please" — BE "due pizze da portar via, per favore"

to take away sb.'s appetite — fare passare l'appetito a qcn

2) (subtract) sottrarre [number]

9 take away 7 is 2 — 9 meno 7 fa 2

that doesn't take anything away from his achievement — fig. questo non toglie niente al suo successo