take_out
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[ verb ] cause to leave
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 . |
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[ verb ] remove from its packing
Synonyms 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 . |
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[ verb ] take out or remove
Synonyms 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 . |
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[ 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 |
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[ verb ] make a date
Synonyms 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 |
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[ 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" Related terms |
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