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Phrase(s): take something from something to subtract something from something; to remove something from something. • Take ten from twenty and see what you have left. • If you take the lettuce out of the salad, what do you have left?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): take something from someone 1. Lit. to remove something from someone’s possession. • Jimmy took Tim’s cookie from him. • Please don’t take my money from me. 2. Fig. to endure abuse from someone. • I cannot take any more from you! • Tom could not take any more bad treatment from Alice.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs