scoop sth out
— phrasal verb with scoop uk/skuːp/us/skuːp/verb [ T ]
to remove something that is inside something else with a spoon:
Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- removable
- remove
- root
- rout
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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