EGAVE

take out

About 3.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To remove.
  2. verb To escort someone on a date.
    Let me take you out for dinner.
  3. verb To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
  4. verb 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
  5. verb To kill or destroy.
    The soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessary.
  6. verb To stun, amaze; to kill.
    These photos are taking me out.
  7. verb To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  8. noun Nonstandard spelling of takeout.

Similar words

remove take away unpack move out get out withdraw leave off exclude extract pull

Word family

taken out takes out taking out took out

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