took (away)

past tense of take (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for took (away)
Verb
  • This changed in late 1980 when Jobs was removed from the Lisa project by President Mike Scott, after which Jobs moved to unilaterally take over the Macintosh, which at that time was otherwise considered a largely speculative affair.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Makary had wanted the warning removed and packed the panel with like-minded experts.
    Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2017, Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in an effort to allow the GOP to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch with a simple majority vote.
    Connor Greene, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With widespread vaccination, which led to measles being declared eliminated from the US in 2000, SSPE has virtually disappeared in the US.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Took (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/took%20%28away%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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