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Definition of 'take out'

Verb

  1. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
       Synonyms: move out remove
  2. remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
       Synonyms: unpack
       Antonyms: pack
  3. take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
       Synonyms: take away
       Antonyms: add
  4. obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"
  5. make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?"
       Synonyms: ask out invite out
  6. remove something from a container or an enclosed space
  7. purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
       Synonyms: buy food
  8. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
       Synonyms: withdraw draw draw off
       Antonyms: deposit bank
  9. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
       Synonyms: draw pull pull out get out
  10. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
       Synonyms: draw
  11. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
       Synonyms: extract pull out pull pull up draw out
  12. 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"
       Synonyms: take away
  13. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
       Synonyms: excerpt extract
  14. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
       Synonyms: exclude except leave out leave off omit
       Antonyms: include


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