take out

Verb

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  • The bad results were excluded from the report
    
  • Leave off the top piece
    

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• 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
    

• 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
    

• take liquid out of a container or well
  • She drew water from the barrel
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• purchase prepared food to be eaten at home

• remove something from a container or an enclosed space

• make a date
  • Has he asked you out yet?
    

• obtain by legal or official process
  • take out a license
    
  • take out a patent
    

• take out or remove
  • take out the chicken after adding the vegetables
    

• remove from its packing
  • unpack the presents
    

• cause to leave
  • The teacher took the children out of the classroom
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exclude , except , leave out , leave off , omit , excerpt , extract , take away , pull out , pull , pull up , draw out , draw , get out , withdraw , draw off , buy food , ask out , invite out , unpack , move out , remove
• Antonyms: 
  include , deposit , bank , add , pack