TAKE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take out mean? 

• TAKE OUT (verb)
  The verb TAKE OUT has 14 senses:

1. cause to leave
2. remove from its packing
3. take out or remove
4. obtain by legal or official process
5. make a date
6. remove something from a container or an enclosed space
7. purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
8. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
9. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
10. take liquid out of a container or well
11. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
12. buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
13. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
14. prevent from being included or considered or accepted

  Familiarity information: TAKE OUT used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Cause to leave

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

take out; move out; remove

Context example:

The teacher took the children out of the classroom

Cause:

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

clear (remove (people) from a building)

call in (take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player)

estrange (remove from customary environment or associations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Remove from its packing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unpack; take out

Context example:

unpack the presents

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

bring out; get out (take out of a container or enclosed space)

unbox (remove from a box)

break out (take from stowage in preparation for use)

uncrate (remove from the crate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Take out or remove

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

take away; take out

Context example:

take out the chicken after adding the vegetables

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

bus (remove used dishes from the table in restaurants)

kill; obliterate; wipe out (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase)

cross off; cross out; mark; strike off; strike out (remove from a list)

delete; erase (wipe out magnetically recorded information)

cart away; cart off; haul away; haul off (take away by means of a vehicle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Obtain by legal or official process

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context examples:

take out a license / take out a patent

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Make a date

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ask out; invite out; take out

Context example:

Has he asked you out yet?

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Remove something from a container or an enclosed space

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

pulp (remove the pulp from, as from a fruit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

buy food; take out

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They take out more bread

Sense 8

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

draw off; take out; withdraw; draw

Context examples:

She drew $2,000 from the account / The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

disinvest; divest (reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment))

tap (draw from or dip into to get something)

overdraw (draw more money from than is available)

divert; hive off (withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions)

check out; cheque (withdraw money by writing a check)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 9

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

pull out; draw; get out; pull; take out

Context examples:

draw a weapon / pull out a gun / The mugger pulled a knife on his victim

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

unsheathe (draw from a sheath or scabbard)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 10

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Take liquid out of a container or well

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw; take out

Context example:

She drew water from the barrel

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

deglycerolise; deglycerolize (remove from glycerol; in chemistry)

rack (draw off from the lees)

suck (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum)

tap (draw (liquor) from a tap)

sluice (draw through a sluice)

siphon; siphon off; syphon (convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon)

pump (draw or pour with a pump)

milk (take milk from female mammals)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 11

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

extract; pull out; pull up; draw out; take out; pull

Context examples:

pull weeds / extract a bad tooth / take out a splinter / extract information from the telegram

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)

thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 12

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

take away; take out

Context example:

We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 13

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

excerpt; extract; take out

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 14

take out [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

omit; leave out; exclude; leave off; except; take out

Context examples:

The bad results were excluded from the report / Leave off the top piece

Hypernyms (to "take out" is one way to...):

do away with; eliminate; get rid of (terminate or take out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take out"):

elide (leave or strike out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody