If you take something out, you remove it permanently from its place.
I got an abscess so he took the tooth out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
When you edit the recording you can take out the giggles. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you take out something such as a loan, a licence, or an insurance policy, you obtain it by fulfilling the conditions and paying the money that is necessary.
They find a house, agree a price, and take out a mortgage through their buildingsociety. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you take someone out, they go somewhere such as a restaurant or theatre with you after you have invited them, and usually you pay for them.
Jessica's grandparents took her out for the day. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
Reichel took me out to lunch. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to]
...a father taking out his daughter for a celebratory dinner. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb
If you take someone out, you kill them, or injure them so badly that they can no longer fight or do anything to harm you.
[informal] [Also VERBPARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
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take out in British English
verb(tr, adverb)
1.
to extract or remove
2.
to obtain or secure (a licence, patent, etc) from an authority
3.
to go out with; escort
to take someone out for meal
4. bridge
to bid a different suit from (one's partner) in order to rescue him or her from a difficult contract
5. slang
to kill or destroy
6. Australian informal
to win, esp in sport
he took out the tennis championship
7. take it out of
8. take out on
9. take someone out of himself
adjectivetakeout
10. bridge
of or designating a conventional informatory bid, asking one's partner to bid another suit
11. US and Canadian
sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared
a takeout meal
12.
preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises
a takeout Indian restaurant
nountakeout US and Canadian
13.
a shop or restaurant that sells such food
let's go to the Chinese takeout
14.
a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant
we'll have a takeout tonight to save cooking
take out in American English
1.
a.
to remove; extract
b.
to deduct
2.
to obtain by application to the proper authority
3. Informal
to escort
4. Slang
to kill; specif., to assassinate
5. Bridge
to bid higher than (one's partner) but in a different suit
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Examples of 'take out' in a sentence
take out
He reached into his coat to take out his wallet, intending to give the Father a hundred dollars for his troubles.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
He teased off his right-hand glove, and reached into his coat to take out his knife.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)
McGregor's role was as a `roving gun" to watch their backs and flanks and take out dangerous officers as necessary.
Kippax, Frank THE SCAR
All related terms of 'take out'
out-take
An out-take is a piece of film or a song that is not in the final version of a programme , film, or record , for example because it contains a mistake .
take out on
If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset , even though this is not their fault.
take it out of
to sap the energy or vitality of
take it out on
to make (another) suffer for one's own anger , irritation , bad temper , etc.
take out insurance
If you take out insurance , you purchase coverage from an insurance company .
take a bite out of
If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
take the mickey out of
to deflate (a person)
take someone out of himself
to make someone forget his or her anxieties , problems , etc
take the sting out of sth
If something takes the sting out of a situation , it makes it less unpleasant .
take a bite out of something
to take away a part of a sum of money or other quantity
take the rise out of someone
to make fun of someone
to take a lot/it out of sb
If something takes a lot out of you or takes it out of you, it requires a lot of energy or effort and makes you feel very tired and weak afterwards .
to take you out of yourself
If something takes you out of yourself, it makes you feel better and so you forget all your worries and unhappiness.
to take the piss out of someone
If you take the piss out of someone, you tease them and make fun of them.
not take a feather out of someone
to fail to upset or injure someone
take a leaf out of someone's book
to copy someone and behave or do something in the same way as them, usually because they were successful when they acted in that way
take the bread out of someone's mouth
to deprive someone of a livelihood
take the wind out of someone's sail
to make someone feel much less confident in what they are doing or saying
take the wind out of someone's sails
to destroy someone's advantage ; disconcert or deflate
take the words out of someone's mouth
to say the thing that someone was just about to say
get a rise out of
to provoke an angry or petulant reaction from
take the words (right) out of someone's mouth
to say just what someone (else) was about to say
to take the wind out of someone's sails
If something takes the wind out of your sails , it suddenly makes you much less confident in what you are doing or saying .
take after
If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, your behaviour, or your character.
take the mickey
to tease someone or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous
Chinese translation of 'take out'
take out
vt
(= invite)[person]邀请(請) (yāoqǐng)
⇒ He took her out for a meal.他邀请她出去吃饭。 (Tā yāoqǐng tā chūqù chīfàn.)
(= remove)[tooth]拔除 (báchú)
[loan, mortgage, licence etc]取得 (qǔdé)
See take
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take out on
▶ to take one's anger/feelings out on sb 向某人发(發)泄(洩)怒气(氣)/情感 xiàng mǒurén fāxiè nùqì/qínggǎn