to reduce the positive effect or success of something
A few hooligans couldn’t take away from the team’s success.
Another wonderful film taken away from an audience who could learn from it.
Are we going to take away their right to vote?
Changes led to her feeling better while planning meals took away the desire to snack.
If you took away four of those guys and replaced them with Ukrainians, would they still be top?
It might be time to take away another chair.
My bet is that he took away correctly the amount of money he'd spent doing the place up, presumably it was his money not ours.
No one is going to take away my axe.
One of the first acts of the coalition was to take away centrally imposed targets.
Paying the public sector over the odds increases wages in cheaper regions, taking away their competitive advantage.
Police took away five spades, a DVD player with three porn discs and an opium pipe.
She said: 'Our high streets are suffering because huge shopping centres take away their trade.
Take away the number you chose.
The first four children were taken away from the parents after their second birthdays.
The most difficult thing is how much time is taken away from your life.
The only things that are missing are what the police took away as part of their inquiry.
Their weapons would then be taken away while police assessed whether it was safe to return them.
Then he was taken away in a police car.
They gave with one hand and took away with the other.
They were banned from taking away food and drink, pets or livestock.
They would have their meal, but should bring with them a container of some kind to take away meals for those not able to come.
This is joy no one can take away.
We are taking away the limitations of the number of channels.
We are using ethanol from corn, but it is not taking away from our food.
You take away food, find stick and beat dog until nearly dead.
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