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take away vs clear up

clear up vs take away

take away and clear up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
take away No No Yes No
clear up No No Yes No
As verbs, clear up is a hyponym of take away; that is, clear up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than take away:
  • take away: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • clear up: free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
Other hyponyms of take away include depilate, epilate, harvest, tip, stem, extirpate, enucleate, exenterate, enucleate, decorticate, bail, disinvest, divest, strip, undress, ablate, clean, pick, clean, fan, winnow, pick, clear, muck, lift, lift, lift, rip off, tear away, tear off, take off, take away, take out, pit, stone, seed, unhinge, shuck, hull, crumb, chip away, chip away at, burl, knock out, clean, scavenge, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, degas, husk, shell, bur, burr, clear away, clear off, flick, dismantle, strip, strip, clear, defang, bone, debone, disembowel, draw, eviscerate, shell, shuck, detusk, tusk, dehorn, scalp, weed, condense, bail out, bale out, leach, strip, decalcify, detoxicate, detoxify, deionize, de-iodinate, decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke, delouse, ream, brush, wash, wash away, wash off, wash out, desorb, pull, demineralise, demineralize, eliminate, clear out, drive out, expectorate, carve out, defuse, dredge, wear away, wear off, amputate, cut off, eviscerate, resect, cream, cream off, skim, skim off, strip, strip, descale, scale, circumcise, undock, cut into, delve, dig, turn over, dig, excavate, hollow, lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up, draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out, take out, unstring, string, wipe away, wipe off, bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away, unveil, take out, unpack, disburden, unburden, empty, discharge, offsaddle, unsaddle, cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off, dislodge, free, clean, aspirate, draw out, suck out, cancel, delete, lade, laden, ladle, spoon, gut, head, draw away, draw off, pull off, clean, strip, draw, take out, draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out, leach, draw, draw, draw off, take out, withdraw, unfriend.
take away (verb) clear up (verb)
take out or remove free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract finish a task completely
get rid of something abstract make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
take away a part from; diminish make clear and (more) comprehensible
buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food become clear
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
take from a person or place
Difference between take away and clear up

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