bring away
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
to take something away, or leave thinking something
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
to remove and take something away from a place
"The workers brought away several boxes of damaged files."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
formal
to gain a particular impression, feeling, or lesson from an experience
"What I brought away from the lecture was a new respect for her research."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
The impression sense is more common in formal or reflective writing than in conversation.
Commonly used with
impression lesson memory message documents samples
Forms
Base
bring away
I/you/we/they
3rd person
brings away
he/she/it
Past simple
brought away
yesterday
Past participle
brought away
have + pp
-ing form
bringing away
continuous
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