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

Regular IRAs have forced withdrawals beginning at age 73, and what you take out is taxed at income-tax rates up to 37%.

From Barron's

He has already taken out a reverse mortgage and, I expect, he has exhausted that route that people use and/or he’s still benefiting from a monthly income.

From MarketWatch

Richmond - who started university in 2014 - took out a Plan 2 student loan, the type of loan available to all students starting university in England between September 2012 and July 2023.

From BBC

The U.S. is also deploying larger systems that launch interceptors from vehicles and aircraft to take out the drones, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You would have to take out your magnifying glass” to see the GDP impact, says Nathan Sheets, Citigroup’s chief global economist.

From Barron's

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