take_out has definitions from the fields of arms,food
1
[ verb ] cause to leave

Synonyms

remove move_out

Examples

"The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

Used in print

(The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)

The letter_writer who suggested saving money by taking kids out of school at 14 should have signed his letter `` Simpleton '' instead of `` Simplicitude '' .

(Rhode Island Legislative Council. Research Report...)

Only a_few_more than 10000 boats had been registered with the Division of Harbors and Rivers at the end of the 1960 boating season , but many had been taken_out of the water early when the threat of a hurricane brought the season to an early close .

(R. Leslie Gourse, With Gall and Honey....)

If she could not take the children out of_this section , at_least she could take other children out of their countries and put them on the farms .

If she could not take the children out of_this section , at_least she could take other children out of their countries and put them on the farms .

Related terms

call_in clear estrange move

2
[ verb ] remove from its packing

Synonyms

unpack

Examples

"unpack the presents"

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

While she was settling the teacart , he went_back across the hall to their bedroom , opened one of the suitcases , and took_out powdered coffee and sugar .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

From the saddlebags , hung_on a Hitchcock_chair , David took_out a good English razor , a present from John_Hunter .

3
[ verb ] take out or remove

Synonyms

take_away

Examples

"take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

Used in print

(Los Angeles Times...)

She put the violin away and took_out some linen , needles and yarn to while_away the long , idle days in Budapest .

(William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)

At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation , a drive is on to abolish collective_bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no_more_than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operators set freight_rates .

In 1914 , the Clayton_Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity .

4
[ verb ] obtain by legal of official process

Examples

"take our a license" "take out a patent"

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

By failing to do as he was told instantly - to take_out a permit or return the gun to his car - he had played into Lord 's hands .

You do that or take you out a permit right now '' .

Related terms

obtain

5
[ verb ] remove something from a container or an enclosed space

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Winston took_out a pencil , admired the point , and wrote slowly and heavily , `` Clothes Stand '' .

Related terms

remove pulp

6
[ verb ] make a date

Synonyms

ask_out invite_out

Examples

"Has he asked you out yet?"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Pat took Eileen and me out to dinner at a swell steak_house and told us with tears in his eyes how happy he was we had come together again .

Related terms

request

7
[ verb ] (arms) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

Examples

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

8
[ verb ] remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

Examples

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

9
[ verb ] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Examples

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

10
[ verb ] purchase prepared food to be eaten at home

Synonyms

buy_food

Related terms

buy

11
[ verb ] take liquid out of a container or well

Synonyms

draw

Examples

"She drew water from the barrel"

12
[ verb ] take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Synonyms

extract excerpt

Related terms

choose excerpt

13
[ verb ] (food) buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

Synonyms

take_away

Examples

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

Related terms

eat takeout

14
[ verb ] prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Examples

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

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