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Definition: Take Out |
Take OutVerb1. Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom". 2. Remove from its packing; "unpack the presents". 3. Take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables". 4. Obtain by legal of official process; "take our a license"; "take out a patent". 5. Make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?". 6. Remove something from a container or an enclosed space. 7. Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. 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". 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". 10. : take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel". 11. : draw or pull out, 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". 12. : take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy. 13. : prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Take OutSynonyms: ask out (v), buy food (v), draw (v), draw off (v), draw out (v), except (v), excerpt (v), exclude (v), extract (v), get out (v), invite out (v), leave off (v), leave out (v), move out (v), omit (v), pull (v), pull out (v), pull up (v), remove (v), take away (v), unpack (v), withdraw (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: add (v), deposit (v), include (v), pack (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Extraction | Verb: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate; unroot; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge. |
Obliteration | Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Take Out |
| English words defined with "take out": Barway, bench, bring out ♦ coinsure ♦ Disentomb, do away with ♦ eliminate, Estreat, excerpt, Exenterate, Exosstate, extract ♦ get out, get rid of, Gip ♦ insure ♦ lift, lift out ♦ scoop, scoop out, scoop up ♦ take away, take up, To sue out, To take out ♦ undock, Unhead, Unlade, Unplat, Unreeve, Unrivet, Unsew, Unshell, Unship, Unstitch, Unthread, Untooth. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "take out": heading-and-bench mining, Howard's on the phone! ♦ lip screen ♦ THE DIP ♦ usual mining privileges ♦ WAITER/WAITRESS, TAKE OUT. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "take out": sackbut. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Take Out" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (take-out). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Did not just take out that chair. (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz) Figure we take out the terrorists. (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart) Morgan, I'm not going to Kelly's just because you like the take out girl. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) You did remember to take out an add in 'Adulterers Weekly'? (Sliding Doors; writing credit: Peter Howitt.) If the rocket renders it aerosol, it could take out the entire city of people. (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) | |
Lyrics | Take out the papers and the trash ("Yakety Yak"; performing artist: The Coasters) | |
Clever | Life lesson: Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Take Out the Beast (1995) Dim Sum Take Out (1988) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Phwat th' divil do they do wid all th' dort they take out ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Earl Wilson | Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back. |
John Gay | But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Take out that yard battery before you make delivery. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Korea | Limits on how much money foreign and domestic travelers may take out of Korea per trip were dropped at the beginning of 2001. (references) |
Taiwan | The small number of large capacity home ovens continue to restrict market growth for whole turkey sales to hotel / restaurant venues (for eat in and take out). (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Once building starts, carpenters and plumbers work, people buy homes and take out mortgages. |
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Expressions using "take out": take out a patent ♦ take out a patent for ♦ take out a permit ♦ take out a subscription ♦ take out a subscription to ♦ take out a subscription to a magazine ♦ take out a summons against smb. ♦ take out an insurance ♦ take out of ♦ take out of pledge ♦ take out of service ♦ take out of the oven ♦ take out on ♦ To take out. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
take out | 712 |
take out taxi | 159 |
chinese take out box | 84 |
take out food | 33 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "take out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shoqëroj jashtë, pajisem me (obtain), nxjerr përjashta (oust), nxjerr nga, nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in), laj (bathe, clear, do, elutriate, flush, liquidate, pay up, rinse out, scour, settle, sponge, wash), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تلف (blight, bungle, burn, consume, corrode, damage, destroy, deteriorate, deterioration, go bad, go off, go to the dogs, harm, hash, impair, mangle, molder, moulder, ravage, ruin, scourge, spoil, spoilage, spoiling, total, waste away), تحصل (gain, obtain, procure, secure, snaffle), إنطلق (career, dash, get away, go, lick, pull away, push off, scud, set out, shove off, split, spout, spring, spurt, start, start off, start out, tee off, waft), إقتطع عمولة, أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, vomit), رافق (accompany, bring, bully, carry, chaperon, companion, company, escort, follow, join, pursue, see, see off, string, string along with, take, take along). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | качвам (bring up, emplane, enplane, entrain, increase, ride, ship), вадя (draw, extract, have out, lift, pull, pull out, take), отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, send off, shake, sweep away, weed out), прихващам си, изчиствам (clean out, cleanse, clear out, get off), изваждам от строя (disable, incapacitate, sideline), изваждам (abstract, bring on, bring out, deduct, draw, draw out, drive out, eject, excerpt, extract, fetch, fish out, gouge, knock out, lay out, move out, oust, pick, pick up, pull, put out, subduct, subtract, take away, take from, turn up, uncase, unpin, unship, whip out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | znièit (annihilate, blast, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, do for, do in, eat up, expunge, infringe, Mar, overthrow, overturn, ruin, smite, spoil, wreck), vzít ven, vynést (announce, bring, bring in, carry out, deliver, fetch), vyjmout (except, subduct, withdraw), vybírat (choose, collect, handpick, pick, pick out), opatřit (fit out, furnish, get, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, raise, stock, store, supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | frafalde (to take out, to waive), fortolde (to clear, to clear customs, to clear goods for customs, to clear goods through customs, to take out of bond), forpligtelse til at loese licens (obligation to take out a licence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zich abonneren (to take out a subscription), verplichting tot het hebben van een vergunning (obligation to take out a licence), uitklaring (to clear, to clear customs, to clear goods for customs, to clear goods through customs, to take out of bond), inklaring (to clear, to clear customs, to clear goods for customs, to clear goods through customs, to take out of bond), een belang nemen in (to take out an interest in), een abonnement nemen (subscribe, subscribe to), buiten bedrijf stellen (to put out of operation, to put out of service, to take out of service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ratkoa (rip, unpick), purkaa (demolish, discharge, dismantle, pull down, take apart, take to pieces, unbox, undo, unload, unpack, unpick), poistaa (abolish, deduct, delete, do away with, eliminate, exclude, remove, strike out, withdraw, write off), ottaa esille (bring out, bring up, produce), esiin (bring up, forth, forward, out, produce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | soustraire (take away), sortir, se parcourir, ressortir, faire sortir, emporter (take, take away), démarrer, bousiller, arracher, accompagner (take, take along). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entfernen (abort, clearance, detach, dislodge, dispense with, do away with, excise, get rid of, oust, pick, remove, take off, to dislodge, to eliminate, to remove). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βγάζω (doff, elicit, get off, jab out, pump out, release, take off, weed out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ללוות (accompany, adhere, escort, string along with), ל"וציא (abstract, draw out, eliminate, issue, rout out, tap), ל"סיר (abstract, annul, eliminate, put aside, remove, rid, shed, shuffle off, strip, take away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megszerez (achieve, acquire, attain, evict, get, obtain, procure, to attain, to clinch, to corral, to evict, to purchase, to take out), kivesz (elicit, get out, make out, pull out, to draw out, to except, to expel, to rent, to scour away, to take out, to unclench, to unclinch), kiszed (dug, print out, to dig, to disassemble, to elicit, to pick), kieszközöl (procure, to procure, to take out), elõvesz (put out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cavare (dig, draw, get, get off, obtain, pull out, scoop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取り出す (to pick out, to produce, to take out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひき す (to draw out, to pull out, to take out, to withdraw), ひっぱり す (to drag out, to take out), つかみ す (to grab and throw, to take a handful of, to take out), つれ す (to take out), かり す (to borrow, to hunt out, to round up, to take out), もちかえる (to carry back or home, to take out), もち す (to bring out from where it belongs, to carry out, to take out), とり す (to pick out, to produce, to take out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goaill magh (delete, evacuate, evacuation, move out, withdraw, withdraw as money, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aketay outay tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), extrair (bows, couch, drag out, draw, drew, educe, elicit, excerpt, extract, lug, poke about, pull, pump, winkle out). (various references) scoate la plimbare, scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, utter), invita (ask, bid, book, call in, call on, invite, solicit, summon, tempt), desprinde (break away, break off, detach, disengage). (various references) выводить на прогулку, выводить пятно, выводить (bred, breed, deduce, educe, extricate, recall, show out, type-out), вывести (move out), вынести (carry out), вынимать (lay out, roust), пригласить. (various references) zaključiti (close, conclude, gather, induce, infer, sign), vaditi (draw, extract, remove), uništiti (annihilate, come to grief, dash, destroy, do away with, do for, exterminate, lay low, liquidate, obliterate, polish off, unmake, waste, weed out, wipe out, wreck), izvesti (bring out, derive, embroider, export, perform, present, realize, stage), izvaditi (draw, extract, fish out, pull out, retrieve, withdraw), iznositi (amount, number, total, wear out). (various references) sacar (bring out, bring up, draw, draw out, educe, elicit, extract, fetch, get, let, produce, protract, put out, screw, take, throw in, throw out). (various references) ta ut (draw, draw on, draw out, pick out, tell off), skaffa sig (form, gain, take, win), gå ut med. (various references) yormak (attribute, cream, do in, do up, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, frazzle, knock out, poop, prostrate, strain, task, tax, tire, try, Tucker, tucker out, wear out, wearisome, weary), yemeğe götürmek, dışarı çıkarmak (out, put out, turn out), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references) зykarmak (pull at, remove, take off). (various references) виводити (deduce, take off, withdraw), виймати (lay out), запросити. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amoveo, desumo, exceperint, exceperunt, excepi, excepistis, excepit, excepta, exceptis, excepto, exceptoria, exceptus, excipe, excipere, excipiens, excipientes, excipies, excipiet, excipite, eximo. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | nizhbaremnô. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ateon. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Odhgoi tufloi oi diulizonteV ton kwnwpa thn de kamhlon katapinonteV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Duces caeci excolantes culicem camelum autem gluttientes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | La blinde latteowas ge drenieð þannegnet aweig. & drinceð þa olfend. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Blynde lederis, clensinge a gnatte, but swolewynge a camel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ye blinde gydes which strayne out a gnat and swalowe a cammyll. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Kamong mga magtotultol nga buta, ginasala ninyo ang usa ka buok nga tagnok ug ginalamoy ninyo ang usa ka buok nga kamelyo! |
| Croatian | Slijepe voðe! Cijedite komarca, a gutate devu!" |
| Danish | I blinde Vejledere, I, som si Myggen af, men nedsluge Kamelen! |
| Dutch | Gij blinde leidslieden, die de mug uitzijgt, en den kemel doorzwelgt. |
| Finnish | Voi teitä, kirjanoppineet ja fariseukset, te ulkokullatut, kun te puhdistatte maljan ja vadin ulkopuolen, mutta sisältä ne ovat täynnä ryöstöä ja hillittömyyttä! |
| French | Conducteurs aveugles! qui coulez le moucheron, et qui avalez le chameau. |
| German | Ihr verblendeten Leiter, die ihr Mücken seihet und Kamele verschluckt! |
| Haitian Creole | Nou menm k'ap kondi pèp la, nou se yon bann avèg pou tèt pa nou. Nou pase lèt la nan paswa pou nou wete ti mouch ki tonbe ladan li. Men, nou vale yon chwal! |
| Hungarian | Vak vezérek, a kik megszûritek a szúnyogot, a tevét pedig elnyelitek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalian pemimpin-pemimpin yang buta! Lalat dalam minumanmu kalian saring, padahal unta kalian telan! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hai pemimpin yang buta, yang menapis nyamuk, tetapi menelan unta. |
| Italian | Guide cieche, che filtrate il moscerino e ingoiate il cammello! |
| Manx Gaelic | Shiuish leeideilee doal, ta sheeley veue yn char-chuilag, agh sluggee shiu camel. |
| Maori | E nga kaiarahi matapo, e tatari nei i te waeroa, a horomia ake te kamera. |
| Norwegian | I blinde veiledere, som avsiler myggen, men sluker kamelen! |
| Portuguese | Guias cegos! que coais um mosquito, e engulis um camelo. |
| Rumanian | Povqyuitori orbi, cari strecurayi yknyarul wi knghiyiyi cqmila! |
| Russian | чПЦ"Й УМЕ ЩЕ, П"ЕЦЙЧБАЭЙЕ ЛПНБТБ, Б ЧЕТ'МА"Б ПЗМПЭБАЭЙЕ! |
| Shuar | Atumka jintinkiartiniaitiatrum nékachu asarum kusuru ainiuitrume. Kutanam yajasmach enketu Wáinkiurmeka Júwitrume. Túrayatrum kamiriu Wáinkiurmeka kawai nankaamas uunt ain takamtsuk Kújawitrume.' |
| Spanish | ¡Guías ciegos, que coláis el mosquito pero tragáis el camello! |
| Swedish | I blinde ledare, som silen bort myggan och sväljen kamelen! |
| Uma | Koi' hewa towero to mpotete' doo. Koi' hewa tauna to mpolali koromu' nete' ngkai ue ininu-ni, hiaa' hama'a unta, to bohe lia, ni'ome' lau. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: outtake, takeout. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-o-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: outate, outeat. | |
-3 letters: auto, keto, take, tate, taut, teak, teat, toea, toke, tote, tout. | |
-4 letters: ate, att, auk, eat, eau, eta, kae, kat, kea, koa, kue, oak, oat, oka, oke, out, tae, tao, tat, tau, tea, tet, toe, tot, tut, uke, uta. | |
-5 letters: ae, at, et, ka, oe, ta, to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-o-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outskate, outtakes, stakeout, takeouts. | |
+2 letters: outskated, outskates, outtalked, outtasked, stakeouts. | |
+3 letters: outthanked. | |
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