take out
verb
1
as in to unleash
to find emotional release for he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- unleash
- release
- act out
- give way (to)
- loose
- vent
- voice
- express
- air
- state
- ventilate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hold back
- control
- suppress
- manage
- bottle (up)
- handle
- govern
- repress
- check
- contain
- restrain
- rein (in)
- curb
- tame
- constrain
- smother
- quell
- pull in
- allay
- still
- quiet
- lull
- soothe
- swallow
- inhibit
- choke
- stifle
- bridle
- repress
- strangle
- pocket
- muffle
2
as in to accompany
to go on a social engagement with she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime Synonyms & Similar Words
- accompany
- date
- see
- go out (with)
- escort
- court
- woo
3
as in to remove
to take away from a place or position the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case Synonyms & Similar Words
- remove
- withdraw
- pull
- draw
- draw out
- extract
- clear
- draw off
- dislodge
- shift
- abstract
- move
- cut
- transfer
- demount
- transpose
- disturb
- displace
- budge
- dislocate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- put
- place
- position
- mount
- set
- secure
- fix
- clamp
- anchor
- set up
- hitch
- site
- embed
- moor
- root
- stick
- lodge
- implant
- imbed
- entrench
- situate
- intrench
- engrain
- ingrain
4
as in to murder
to put to death deliberately the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country Synonyms & Similar Words
- murder
- assassinate
- put away
- execute
- rub out
- slay
- get
- bump off
- dispatch
- kill
- off
- carry off
- knock off
- snuff
- neutralize
- whack
- shoot
- terminate
- blow away
- destroy
- liquidate
- cut down
- ice
- shoot down
- slaughter
- do in
- blot out
- wipe out
- croak
- do away with
- fell
- claim
- zap
- eliminate
- butcher
- smite
- massacre
- eradicate
- mow (down)
- exterminate
- annihilate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raise
- restore
- revive
- resurrect
- animate
- resuscitate