Takeaway Phrases

Phrases

• A soft answer turneth away wrath
• All you add is love (Ralston Purina Pet Food advertising slogan)
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• As fast as greased lightning
• As fast as his legs could carry him
• Away go troubles down the drain (Roto-Rooter advertising slogan)
• Away in a manger
• Away with the fairies
• Away with you
• Babies love it (Cow & Gate Milk Food advertising slogan)
• Bad news travels fast
• Beaver away at
• Blaze away at
• Blazing fast
• Blow away the cobwebs
• Blow someone away
• Blown away
• Blue are the hills that are far away
• Boutros Boutros Ghali (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Buy Opera today And make this banner go away (Opera advertising slogan)
• Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
• Cart away
• Come Away with Me (Norah Jones album)
• Comfort food
• Dance the night away
• Deja food
• Devil's food cake (A rich chocolate cake)
• Do away with
• Do you like hospital food?
• Does my bum look big in this? (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Does you does, or does you don't take Access? (Access Credit Card advertising slogan)
• Doesn't your dog deserve ALPO? (Alpo Dog Food advertising slogan)
• Don't take it lying down
• Don't take on so
• Don't treat your puppy like a dog (Ralston Purina Pet Food advertising slogan)
• Double take
• Dream away ()
• Eight out of ten cats prefer it (Whiskas Cat Food advertising slogan)
• Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
• Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
• Explain away
• Far and away
• Fast Freddie (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
• Fast acting
• Fast and furious
• Fast as greased lightning
• Fast as his legs could carry him
• Fast buck
• Fast food and good for you (Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• Fast forward
• Fast lane
• Fast mover
• Fast movers (US and Canadian military slang term for jet fighters, especially ground)
• Fast track
• Finger food
• Fire away
• Food chain
• Food for thought
• Food miles
• Food of the gods
• Food, Folks and Fun (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Fritter away
• Get away from it all
• Get away with it
• Get away with murder
• Get away with you (An exclamation of surprise)
• Get away with you!
• Get away! (Lunn Polly advertising slogan)
• Get carried away
• Get nowhere fast
• Get your end away
• Give and take
• Give him an inch and he'll take a mile
• Give or take
• Give the game away
• Give the show away
• Going away (Going on holiday)
• Going nowhere fast
• Good talk saves the food
• Greasy spoon (a small cheap cafe selling fried food)
• Hard and fast
• Hard to take
• Hasten away
• Have it away
• He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
• Hiyo Silver away (A catchphrase from The Lone Ranger)
• Hold fast
• I Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Muse song)
• I was miles away
• I was very very drunk (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• I'll take my hat off to you
• I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! (A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show)
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• If music be the food of love, play on (from Twelth Night by Shakespeare)
• If that don't take the rag off the bush
• It doesn't take a minute to bag it and bin it (UK public advertisement advertising slogan)
• It takes your breath away
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• It's jack-a-licious! (Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan)
• Jack's back (Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan)
• Junk food
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields (Beatles song lyric)
• Let nature take its course
• Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Life in the fast lane
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Look away now
• Make fast
• Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly song)
• Not a hundred miles away
• Not so fast
• Nothing else is Arthur's good (Arthur's Cat Food advertising slogan)
• Off your food
• Old soldiers never die, they just fade away
• On the take
• Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
• Out front. Pulling away (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• Over the hills and far away
• Pat a cake, Pat a cake, baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can (line from nursery rhyme)
• Pine away
• Play fast and loose
• Prolongs active life (PAL dog food advertising slogan)
• Pull a fast one
• Rabbit food
• Rain, rain go away, come again another day (line from nursery rhyme)
• Real food for real people (The beef industry advertising slogan)
• Rest up (take a break from one's arduous efforts)
• Rode hard and put away wet
• Sail away
• Salt away
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Silver service (a method of serving food using silver cutlery)
• Sit up and take notice
• Slave away at
• Slip, Slidin' Away (Paul Simon song)
• Slip, sliding away
• Slog away
• So Farley's, so good (Farley's Baby Food advertising slogan)
• So fast your feet won't touch the ground
• Soothe it away the Oraldene way (Oraldene advertising slogan)
• Soul food
• Soup is good food (Campbell's Condensed Soup advertising slogan)
• Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
• Squirrel away
• Stash away
• Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
• Suit you, sir (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
• Take Five (Dave Brubeck tune)
• Take On Me (a-ha song)
• Take The A Train (Duke Ellington tune)
• Take These Chains From My Heart (Ray Charles song)
• Take a Mulligan
• Take a Thomas Cook at our prices! (Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan)
• Take a back seat
• Take a bath
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Take a beating
• Take a bite out of crime
• Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
• Take a bite out of something
• Take a blue pencil to
• Take a bow
• Take a breather
• Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Take a chance on me (ABBA lyric)
• Take a chill pill
• Take a cold hard look
• Take a dip
• Take a fall for

• Take a few deep breaths
• Take a flier
• Take a gamble
• Take a gander
• Take a hammering
• Take a hard line
• Take a healthy interest
• Take a hike
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• Take a long walk off a short plank
• Take a moment
• Take a pew
• Take a pop at
• Take a pot shot at
• Take a powder
• Take a raincheck
• Take a running jump
• Take a seat
• Take a shine to
• Take a stab at
• Take a stand
• Take a swing at
• Take a turn for the worse
• Take account of
• Take advantage of
• Take after
• Take aim
• Take apart
• Take care of
• Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
• Take centre stage
• Take charge
• Take courage (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• Take down a peg or two
• Take five
• Take flight
• Take for granted
• Take fright
• Take home pay
• Take in your stride
• Take issue with
• Take it as read
• Take it as you find it
• Take it easy
• Take it for a spin
• Take it from the top
• Take it in good part
• Take it into your head
• Take it like a man
• Take it offline
• Take it on the chin
• Take it on the lam
• Take it or leave it
• Take it outside
• Take it to heart
• Take it to the mattresses
• Take it to the next level
• Take it up a gear
• Take it up a notch
• Take it with a grain of salt
• Take leave of your senses
• Take liberties
• Take liberties with
• Take me out to the ball game
• Take me to the river
• Take me to your leader
• Take no prisoners
• Take note of
• Take one day at a time
• Take one for the team
• Take shape
• Take someone out
• Take someone to law
• Take someone to one side
• Take someone to task
• Take someone to the woodshed
• Take someone's word for it
• Take something on board
• Take steps
• Take stock
• Take the Michael
• Take the air
• Take the bait
• Take the biscuit
• Take the bit between your teeth
• Take the bread out of someone's mouth
• Take the bull by the horns
• Take the chequered flag
• Take the count
• Take the easy way out
• Take the edge off
• Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
• Take the good with the bad
• Take the king's shilling
• Take the law into your own hands
• Take the lead
• Take the mickey
• Take the money and run
• Take the money, open the box
• Take the piss
• Take the pledge
• Take the plunge
• Take the rap
• Take the rough with the smooth
• Take the shilling
• Take the shirt off your back
• Take the town by storm
• Take the veil
• Take the weight off your feet
• Take the wind out of my sails
• Take the words out of my mouth
• Take time out
• Take to the boats
• Take to the hills
• Take to your bed
• Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
• Take umbrage
• Take under your wing
• Take up residence
• Take up the cudgels for
• Take up the slack
• Take up your bed and walk
• Take with a grain of salt
• Take with a pinch of salt
• Take your breath away
• Take your cue
• Take your groceries for a swim
• Take your hand in marriage
• Take your hat off to
• Take your heels
• Take your life
• Take your life in your hands
• Take your lumps
• Take your mind of it
• Take your pick
• Take your pleasure where you can find it
• Tastes so good cats ask for it by name (Meow Mix Cat food advertising slogan)
• The Delia Effect (increase in sales of food ingredients featured on Delia Smith's cookery shows)
• The Devil take the hindmost
• The Devil take you
• The Fast Gun From Texas (Nickname of Dan Troop (John Russell))
• The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
• The dish ran away with the spoon (line from nursery rhyme)
• The one that got away
• There's fast food, and then there's KFC (KFC advertising slogan)
• Thick and fast
• Think fast
• Throw away the key
• Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran (line from nursery rhyme)
• Top breeders recommend it (Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan)
• Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
• Twistin' The Night Away (Sam Cooke song)
• Up, Up And Away (Jimmy Webb song)
• Up, up and away
• Up, up and away with TWA (Trans World Airways advertising slogan)
• Waste away
• We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
• When the cat's away the mice will play
• Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away (Robert Maynard Hutchins quotation)
• Which was nice (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• While away the hours
• While away the time
• Whittle away at
• Wishing your life away
• You can take that to the bank
• You can't take it back, it's out there (When Harry met Sally)
• You can't take it with you
• You pay your money and you take your choice
• You take the high road: I'll take the low road
• You'll never take me alive copper
• You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles song)