takeaway

or take-a·way

[ teyk-uh-wey ]

/ ˈteɪk əˌweɪ /

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noun

something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.

conclusions, impressions, or action points resulting from a meeting, discussion, roundtable, or the like: The takeaway was that we had to do a lot more work on the proposal before it could be shown to the governing board.

Chiefly British.

a takeout restaurant: Let's pick something up at the Indian takeaway.
food from a takeout restaurant: I get Chinese takeaway at least once a week.

Sports.

(in hockey and football) the act of getting the puck or ball away from the team on the offense: The problem with most hockey statistics is they are not very consistent in how they determine takeaways and giveaways.
(in golf) a backswing: I got him a video entitled “Improving the Takeaway in Your Golf Swing” for his birthday.

adjective

of or relating to what is or can be taken away: a list of takeaway proposals presented by management.

Chiefly British. takeout (def. 7).

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Origin of takeaway

1930–35 for earlier sense “train car for carrying logs”; 1960–65 for def. 5; take + away

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How to use takeaway in a sentence

Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.
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Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
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He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
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It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence|Henry James
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
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If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
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The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
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British Dictionary definitions for takeaway

take away

verb (tr, adverb)

to deduct; subtracttake away four from nine to leave five

preposition

minusnine take away four is five

adjective takeaway British, Australian and NZ

sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepareda takeaway meal

preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premisesa takeaway Indian restaurant

noun takeaway British, Australian and NZ

a shop or restaurant that sells such foodlet's go to the Chinese takeaway

a meal bought at such a shop or restaurantwe'll have a Chinese takeaway tonight to save cooking

Also (for senses 3–6): (Scot) carry-out, (US and Canadian) takeout

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