take sth out
— phrasal verb with take uk/teɪk/us/teɪk/verb took, taken
(REMOVE)
B1 to remove something from somewhere:
They had to take out two of his teeth.
More examples
- They took out a benign lump from her breast.
- I need to get this tooth taken out.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shelf
- strip sb of sth
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- tow
- tow-away
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(MONEY, etc.)
B2 to get money from a bank account:
I took out some money for the weekend.
to arrange to get something from a company, bank, etc.:
I’m going to take out a life insurance policy.
He had to take out a loan to pay his taxes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Withdrawing money
- atm
- automatic teller machine
- cash dispenser
- cash machine
- cashback
- cashpoint
- clear
- debit
- dip
- dip into sth
- draw
- drawdown
- hole in the wall
- lay
- lay sth out
- overdrawn
- take
- withdraw
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Planning, expecting and arranging
(FOOD)
B1 US UK take away to buy food in a restaurant and eat it somewhere else:
Is that to eat in or take out?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Providing & serving meals
- cater
- catering
- dish (sth) up
- dish sth out
- do 1
- do the honours idiom
- honour
- place
- plate sth up
- provision
- rustle
- rustle sth up
- serve
- serve sth up
- table
- take
- take sth away
- wait
- wait at table(s) idiom
- whip
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