to take something from something

  • 1Take It From Here — (often referred to as TIFH , pronounced mdash; and sometimes humorously spelt mdash; TIFE ) was a British radio comedy programme broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960. It was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and starred Jimmy Edwards …

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  • 2take away from (something) — 1. to reduce something. You know the company will cut jobs because it will not allow anything to take away from profits. 2. to make something less important. I don t want to take away from his achievement, but I think he should have thanked his… …

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  • 3take (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… …

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  • 4take heart (from something) — phrase to feel happier or less worried because of something The team took heart from an honourable draw. Thesaurus: to be, or to become happy or happiersynonym Main entry: heart * * * take ˈheart (from sth) …

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  • 5take (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… …

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  • 6take (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 …

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  • 7take courage from something — phrase to feel more confident and hopeful because of something We can take courage from his success. Thesaurus: to be, or to become happy or happiersynonym Main entry: courage …

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  • 8take away from — ˌtake a ˈway from [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they take away from he/she/it takes away from present participle taking away from past tense took away from …

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  • 9take it from me — You can believe me, believe me when I say • • • Main Entry: ↑take * * * take it from me spoken phrase used for emphasizing that what you are saying is true and people should believe it Take it from me, he’s a really nice guy. Thesaurus: ways of… …

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  • 10take something off the boil — british phrase to remove something from heat so that it stops boiling Take the pan off the boil and add the remaining ingredients. Thesaurus: to change consistencyhyponym Main entry: boil …

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