- take out
- verb1. cause to leave (Freq. 7)-
The teacher took the children out of the classroom
• Cause: ↑move• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s somebody
2. remove from its packing (Freq. 6)-unpack the presents
• Syn: ↑unpack• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
3. take out or remove (Freq. 4)-take out the chicken after adding the vegetables
• Syn: ↑take away• Hyponyms:↑bus, ↑kill, ↑obliterate, ↑wipe out, ↑cross off, ↑cross out, ↑strike out, ↑strike off, ↑mark, ↑erase, ↑delete, ↑cart off, ↑cart away, ↑haul off, ↑haul away• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
4. obtain by legal or official process (Freq. 2)-take out a license
-take out a patent
• Hypernyms: ↑obtain• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
5. make a date (Freq. 1)-Has he asked you out yet?
• Syn: ↑ask out, ↑invite out• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s somebody
6. remove something from a container or an enclosed space (Freq. 1)• Hyponyms: ↑pulp• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
7. prevent from being included or considered or accepted-The bad results were excluded from the report
-Leave off the top piece
• Derivationally related forms: ↑omissible (for: ↑omit), ↑omission (for: ↑omit), ↑exception (for: ↑except), ↑exclusive (for: ↑exclude), ↑exclusion (for: ↑exclude)• Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑eliminate, ↑get rid of, ↑do away with• Hyponyms: ↑elide• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s somebody
8. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense-pull weeds
-extract a bad tooth
-take out a splinter
-extract information from the telegram
• Derivationally related forms: ↑extractible (for: ↑extract), ↑extraction (for: ↑extract), ↑extractor (for: ↑extract)• Hyponyms: ↑wring out, ↑squeeze out, ↑demodulate, ↑thread• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
9. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)-She drew $2,000 from the account
-The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
• Derivationally related forms: ↑drawee (for: ↑draw), ↑drawer (for: ↑draw), ↑withdrawer (for: ↑withdraw), ↑withdrawal (for: ↑withdraw)• Hyponyms:• Verb Group: ↑draw• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s PP
10. take liquid out of a container or well-She drew water from the barrel
• Syn: ↑draw• Hyponyms:↑milk, ↑pump, ↑siphon, ↑syphon, ↑siphon off, ↑sluice, ↑tap, ↑suck, ↑rack, ↑deglycerolize, ↑deglycerolise• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
11. buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food-We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook
• Syn: ↑take away• Hypernyms: ↑eat• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
12. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover-draw a weapon
-pull out a gun
-The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
• Hyponyms: ↑unsheathe• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
13. purchase prepared food to be eaten at home• Syn: ↑buy food• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-They take out more bread
14. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
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take out [phrasal verb]She had her tonsils taken out when she was ten years old.
Remove the board and take out all the nails.
: to move (something) from the place that held, enclosed, or hid itPlease take out a pencil and begin the test.
I forgot to take out the garbage [=to bring it outside] this morning.
1 b : to get (something, such as insurance, a loan, etc.) by a standard process or series of steps : to make the arrangements, payments, etc., that are required for (something)All drivers in the state must take out insurance on their vehicles.
They had to take out a second mortgage on their home.
They took out ads in several magazines and newspapers.
She took out a couple of books from the library.
Our mission is to take out two enemy targets.
She swerved off the road and took out a telephone pole.
2 a : to go with (someone you have invited) to a restaurant, party, etc.2 b : to cause (a person or team) to no longer be part of a competitionOur team was taken out in the second round of competition.
◇ If you take your anger, frustration, etc., out on someone, you treat someone badly because you feel angry, frustrated, etc.I'm sorry you didn't get the job, but don't take it out on me. [=don't treat me badly because you are disappointed]
— see also ↑takeout• • •Main Entry: ↑take
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
