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taken away from

taken away from is the past participle of take away from.

Meaning of take away from

Verb

take away from (third-person singular simple present takes away from, present participle taking away from, simple past took away from, past participle taken away from)

  1. To subtract a quality from; make something seem not so good or interesting.
    • Even the rain couldn't take away from the excitement of the match.
    Synonyms:
    detract from

Questions about taken away from

What is taken away from the past participle of?
Taken away from is the past participle of take away from.

Words near taken away from in the dictionary

  1. taken apart
  2. taken at advantage
  3. taken at face value
  4. taken attendance
  5. taken away
  6. taken away from
  7. taken back
  8. taken bread and salt
  9. taken breath
  10. taken by storm
  11. taken by surprise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken away from (page history and authors); take away from (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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