Definition of Take out

1. Verb. Cause to leave. "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

Exact synonyms: Move Out, Remove
Specialized synonyms: Clear, Call In, Estrange
Causes: Move

2. Verb. Remove from its packing. "Unpack the presents"
Exact synonyms: Unpack
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Bring Out, Get Out, Unbox, Break Out, Uncrate
Antonyms: Pack

3. Verb. Take out or remove. "Take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

4. Verb. Obtain by legal or official process. "Take out a patent"
Generic synonyms: Obtain

5. Verb. Make a date. "Has he asked you out yet?"
Exact synonyms: Ask Out, Invite Out
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request

6. Verb. Remove something from a container or an enclosed space.
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Pulp

7. Verb. Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. "They take out more bread"
Exact synonyms: Buy Food
Generic synonyms: Buy, Purchase

8. Verb. Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source). ; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
Exact synonyms: Draw, Draw Off, Withdraw
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Related verbs: Draw
Specialized synonyms: Check Out, Cheque, Dip, Divert, Hive Off, Overdraw, Tap, Disinvest, Divest
Derivative terms: Drawee, Drawer, Withdrawal, Withdrawer
Antonyms: Deposit

9. Verb. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
Exact synonyms: Draw, Get Out, Pull, Pull Out
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Related verbs: Pull, Draw Out, Extract, Pull, Pull Out, Pull Up, Draw
Specialized synonyms: Unsheathe
Derivative terms: Drawer

10. Verb. Take liquid out of a container or well. "She drew water from the barrel"
Exact synonyms: Draw
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Milk, Pump, Siphon, Siphon Off, Syphon, Sluice, Tap, Suck, Rack, Deglycerolise, Deglycerolize
Related verbs: Draw, Get Out, Pull, Pull Out, Draw, Draw Off, Withdraw, Draw
Also: Draw Out
Derivative terms: Drawing

11. Verb. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. "Extract information from the telegram"
Exact synonyms: Draw Out, Extract, Pull, Pull Out, Pull Up
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Squeeze Out, Wring Out, Demodulate, Thread
Related verbs: Draw, Get Out, Pull, Pull Out
Derivative terms: Extractible, Extraction, Extractor

12. Verb. 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"
Exact synonyms: Take Away
Generic synonyms: Eat
Derivative terms: Takeaway, Takeout

13. Verb. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.
Exact synonyms: Excerpt, Extract
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Excerpt, Extract

14. Verb. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. "Leave off the top piece"
Exact synonyms: Except, Exclude, Leave Off, Leave Out, Omit
Generic synonyms: Do Away With, Eliminate, Extinguish, Get Rid Of
Specialized synonyms: Elide
Derivative terms: Exception, Exclusion, Exclusive, Omissible, Omission
Antonyms: Include

Definition of Take out

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of takeout) ¹

2. Verb. To remove. ¹

3. Verb. To escort someone on a date. ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To immobilize with force. ¹

5. Verb. (slang idiomatic) To kill or destroy. ¹

6. Verb. To pay money for an official service. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive legal) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Out

take one's best shot
take one's breath away
take one's chance
take one's chances
take one's eye off the ball
take one's hat off to
take one's leave
take one's lumps
take one's own life
take one's pick
take one's time
take one for the team
take or pay
take orders
take out
take out of context
take out the stops
take out the trash
take over
take pains
take part
take place
take point
take pride
take refuge
take responsibility
take revenge
take root
take shape

Literary usage of Take out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"All mechanics, except those who merely do repairs, must be registered as manufacturers, and must take out a license as such if their annual sales amount to ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... that the attorney was authorized to take out such order by his client, and throws it upon the client to shew that his attorney had no such authority. ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"You can take out the part that we call carbohydrates; you can take out the fat or oil. It is done in the factories right along, and thus we get oil out of ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To take out, loquacious. !• ' move ; to withhold ; to withdraw ; to swal- TALKATIVE, (tawk'-a-tiv) a. Full of prate ; part, To share ; to arrange one's self ..."

5. Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: The Practical Part, Containing Rules for by H. W. Jeans (1853)
"May 20 19° 57' 49"N. May 15 18 50 52 N. . May 16 19 4 55 N. March 23 1 0 6 N. . March 24 1 23 43 N. Sule IX. To take out the equation of time. 1. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... although their petition le coupled with a protest against being compelled to take out luch a license. approve, and all moneys received for license* by ..."

7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... which they make ufe of to keep ihe leaves down, when they have a mind to take out lome of the clear ..."

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