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take away vs Take out

Both 'take away' and 'take out' are correct phrases in English, but they are used in different contexts. 'Take away' is commonly used in British English to mean 'to remove or subtract something,' while 'take out' is more commonly used in American English to mean 'to remove something from a place.'

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 873 views

take away

The phrase 'take away' is correct and commonly used in British English to mean 'to remove or subtract something.'

You can use 'take away' when you want to indicate the action of removing or subtracting something from a place or situation.

Examples:

Can you take away the empty plates, please?
The teacher will take away your phone if you keep using it in class.
The decision to take away funding caused a lot of controversy.
I need to take away two from ten to get the answer.
The doctor advised him to take away sugar from his diet.

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We cannot allow the godless to take away our freedom.
Can't take away that smell, though.
You can take away that fish drink.
So, please, give me something to take away.
Daddy probably figured Ian showed up at the funeral to take away his heir.
What the Lord gives he can take away.
Don't make'em that policeman take away my boy.
They probably threatened to take away her baby.
I had to take away her car keys for a month.
A notion that some magic pill could take away all that pain.
It can take away the doubt and the fear.
We take away his trump card.
An old friend who promised to take away all of my problems.
And take away your only chance to have a baby.
- You need to take away all media access.
That is not what you should take away from this.
Sacrifice won't take away the pain of loss.
Depression can take away your energy.
This will take away all the pain.
The cure will only take away your immortality.

Alternatives:

remove
subtract
eliminate
withdraw
deduct

Take out

The phrase 'take out' is correct and commonly used in American English to mean 'to remove something from a place.'

You can use 'take out' when you want to indicate the action of removing something from a specific location or place.

Examples:

I need to take out the trash before it starts to smell.
Let's take out some money from the ATM.
She took out her phone to take a picture.
Can you take out the garbage, please?
He took out a pen from his pocket to write a note.

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Take out the guard, grab Ahmedov and pump him for info.
Take out Amanda, Percy's back on top.
Take out every last dead one of them.
Take out the targets, extract our man.
Take out the antenna and the junction box.
Take out that good heart of hers.
Take out all the brass bar one.
Take out the tranq, carefully.
Take out Kalloor and the girl right now.
Take out the rest of the crew.
Take out the Most Wanted gunslingers in the West and collect your reward.
Take out anything that we missed.
Take out a loan, get yourself started.
Take out your notebook, Brother Gu.
Take out a book, you've stolen.
Take out your phone, pretend to talk.
Take out those who say they save too little.
Take out three of his poems and hold them over the fire.
Take out that popgun and have at it, soldier.
Take out your notebooks for an algebra problem.

Alternatives:

remove
extract
pull out
bring out
retrieve

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