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Definition of Take out

1. Verb. Cause to leave. "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

2. Verb. Remove from its packing. "Unpack the presents"

3. Verb. Take out or remove. "Take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

4. Verb. Obtain by legal or official process. "Take out a patent"

5. Verb. Make a date. "Has he asked you out yet?"

6. Verb. Remove something from a container or an enclosed space.

7. Verb. Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. "They take out more bread"

8. Verb. Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source). ; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

9. Verb. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

10. Verb. Take liquid out of a container or well. "She drew water from the barrel"

11. Verb. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. "Extract information from the telegram"

12. Verb. Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food. "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

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

14. Verb. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. "Leave off the top piece"

Definition of Take out

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of takeout) ¹

2. Verb. To remove. ¹

3. Verb. To escort someone on a date. ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To immobilize with force. ¹

5. Verb. (slang idiomatic) To kill or destroy. ¹

6. Verb. To pay money for an official service. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive legal) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Out

take one's best shot take one's breath away take one's chance take one's chances take one's eye off the ball take one's hat off to take one's leave take one's lumps take one's own life take one's pick

take one's time take one for the team take or pay take orders take out (current term) take out of context take out the stops take out the trash take over take pains

take part take place take point take pride take refuge take responsibility take revenge take root take shape

Literary usage of Take out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"All mechanics, except those who merely do repairs, must be registered as manufacturers, and must take out a license as such if their annual sales amount to ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... that the attorney was authorized to take out such order by his client, and throws it upon the client to shew that his attorney had no such authority. ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"You can take out the part that we call carbohydrates; you can take out the fat or oil. It is done in the factories right along, and thus we get oil out of ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To take out, loquacious. !• ' move ; to withhold ; to withdraw ; to swal- TALKATIVE, (tawk'-a-tiv) a. Full of prate ; part, To share ; to arrange one's self ..."

5. Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: The Practical Part, Containing Rules for by H. W. Jeans (1853)
"May 20 19° 57' 49"N. May 15 18 50 52 N. . May 16 19 4 55 N. March 23 1 0 6 N. . March 24 1 23 43 N. Sule IX. To take out the equation of time. 1. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... although their petition le coupled with a protest against being compelled to take out luch a license. approve, and all moneys received for license* by ..."

7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... which they make ufe of to keep ihe leaves down, when they have a mind to take out lome of the clear ..."

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