How to Use take it away in a Sentence

take it away

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  • Leo fished the banner out of the bin, but other students soon tried to take it away again.
    Washington Post, 4 June 2021
  • What happens now, Laura, take it away when you’re done here.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2022
  • Carlos Perez told police his son had gotten hold of the gun before, but his parents were quick to take it away.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 July 2021
  • The solution was not to take it away from the senior manager or reprimand him.
    Robert Sher, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Crews on Thursday began cutting through steel to remove a sixth chunk of the Golden Ray and take it away on a barge to a facility in Brunswick.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • Their love is the protagonist and cancer is the antagonist, trying to take it away.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This is the moment that the city, this team and everyone in this organization has always wanted to be a part of, and no one can ever take it away.
    Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
  • The effect might be similar to that of a classic Persian garden, though in the latter case the long, narrow waterways are used to bring water to the plants, not take it away.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021

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