1. to decrease (In the sense of a value decreasing, NOT for you decreasing something. It's a slow, gradual decrease.)
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Opposite (closest): zunehmen
2. to lose weight (Either as a standalone, or with an amount.)
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Opposite (closest): zunehmen
3. to take off (ONLY for taking off hats, glasses or headphones, and also things that hang somewhere. NOT for planes taking off.)
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4. to answer the phone (No difference in meaning to "rangehen" and "abheben".)
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5. to take from someone, to believe ("jemandem etwas abnehmen" - can be about confiscating, but also about taking part of a workload. Also a colloquial term for believing something someone says. )
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