drain (sth) away
— phrasal verb with drain uk/dreɪn/us/dreɪn/verb
If energy, colour, excitement, etc. drains away, it disappears completely, and if something drains it away, it completely removes it:
Stretching out her tired limbs, she felt the tensions of the day drain away.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shelf
- strip sb of sth
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
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