take out

British  

verb

1. to extract or remove

2. to obtain or secure (a licence, patent, etc) from an authority

3. to go out with; escort

   George is taking Susan out next week

4. bridge to bid a different suit from (one's partner) in order to rescue him from a difficult contract

5. slang  to kill or destroy

6. informal  to win, esp in sport

   he took out the tennis championship

7. informal  to sap the energy or vitality of

8. informal  to vent (anger, frustration, etc) on (esp an innocent person)

9. informal  to make someone forget his anxieties, problems, etc

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adjective

1. bridge of or designating a conventional informatory bid, asking one's partner to bid another suit

2. sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared

   a takeout meal

3. preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises

   a takeout Indian restaurant

noun

1. a shop or restaurant that sells such food

   let's go to the Chinese takeout

2. a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant

   we'll have a takeout tonight to save cooking

take out Idioms  

1. Extract, remove, as in He should take out that splinter : [c. 1300]

2. Secure by applying to an authority, as in She took out a real estate license . [Late 1600s]

3. Escort on a date, as in He's been taking out a different girl every night of the week . [c. 1600]

4. Give vent to; see take it out on .

5. Carry away for use elsewhere, as in Can we get some pizza to take out?

6. Obtain as an equivalent in different form, as in We took out the money she owed us by having her baby-sit . [Early 1600s]

7. Set out, as in Jan and Herb took out for the beach , or The police took out after the suspects . [Mid-1800s]

8. Kill, destroy, as in Two snipers took out a whole platoon , or Flying low, the plane took out the enemy bunker in one pass . [1930s]

9. See under take out of .

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Example Sentences

Your brother could also consider taking out a reverse mortgage.

From MarketWatch

There is little documentation of its subsequent use, but it is believed to have been taken out of circulation at some point in the 1930s, because of concerns about its long-lasting effects.

From BBC

Longing to escape, they take out their frustrations on the symbol for all of that—the much-maligned office printer.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Nobody would care if you just took out the welder—like, after work, you just were welding.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Wilson has been railing against Lululemon’s leadership on LinkedIn for much of the past year and took out a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal last month to complain.

From The Wall Street Journal

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