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 great game.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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 — 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 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
relieve someone of — take something away from someone … English contemporary dictionary
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
cart something away — cart (someone/something) away to take someone or something somewhere. We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away. Investigators were carting away boxes of material from her office … New idioms 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
strip sth from sb — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… … Financial and business terms
strip sth from sb/sth — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… … Financial and business terms
