take out
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take out
Rhymes with -aʊt
verb takes out · taking out · took out · taken out
- To remove. Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn,
- To escort someone on a date. Let me take you out for dinner.
- To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate. I don't know if he's close by. He's unarmed, though. He lost his gun when I took him out.
- To obtain by application by a legal or other official process. take out a loan; take out medical insurance; take out a membership; take out a patent
- To kill or destroy. The soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessary.
- To stun, amaze; to kill. These photos are taking me out.
- To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
noun
- Nonstandard spelling of takeout
Translations
Every language
verb to remove
| Español | sacar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 取り出す toridasu |
| 中文 | 取出 qǔchū |
| Português | tirar, remover |
| Français | supprimer, sortir |
| Deutsch | herausbringen, herausnehmen, auspacken |
| Italiano | cavare, cacciare |
| Română | scoate |
| Русский | вынима́ть vynimátʹ, вы́нуть výnutʹ, удаля́ть delete, удали́ть udalítʹ |
| العربية | أَخْرَجَ ʔaḵraja |
verb to escort someone on a date
| Español | sacar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ausführen, ausgehen (mit), einladen |
| Русский | приглаша́ть priglašátʹ, пригласи́ть priglasítʹ |
verb to immobilize with force
| Deutsch | außer Gefecht setzen, überwältigen, ausschalten |
|---|
verb slang: to kill or destroy
| Español | cepillar, apiolar |
|---|---|
| Português | eliminar |
| Deutsch | ausschalten, ausknipsen, plattmachen |
| Italiano | far fuori, liquidare |
Talk about this word "take out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/take%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. take out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/take%20out "take out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/take%20out.
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@misc{take_out_2026,
title = {take out},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20out},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
