The fact that she is quiet does not take away from her one bit.
•The huge orange spot in the center of the painting takes away from the intense green of the rest of the work.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
take (something) away from someone — take (something) away from (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away… … New idioms dictionary
take (something) away from something — take (something) away from (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away… … New idioms dictionary
take (something) away from — (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away from Iowa State they played a … New idioms dictionary
take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… … Useful english dictionary
take away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them. [V n P] They re going to take my citizenship away... [V n P from n] Give me the knife, he said softly, or I… … English dictionary
take to your heels — mainly literary phrase to run away from someone, especially because you have done something wrong Thesaurus: to escape from a place or situationsynonym to runsynonym Main entry: heel * * * take to your heels : to begin to run away … Useful english dictionary
take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 … Dictionary of contemporary English
take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… … English dictionary
take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… … English dictionary
