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Phrase(s): take out (after someone or something)
Go to take off (after someone or something)., Phrase(s): take something out
1. Lit. to carry something outside. • Please take the trash out. • I’ll take out the trash. 2. Inf. to bomb or destroy something. • The enemy took out one of the trucks, but not the one carrying the medicine. • The last mission took two enemy bunkers out. 3. Go to take something out of someone or something., Phrase(s): take someone out
1. to date someone. • I hope he’ll take me out soon. • She wanted to take out her guest for the evening. 2. to block out a player in football. • You take Joe out and I’ll carry the ball. • Who was supposed to take out that huge guy? 3. Sl. to kill someone. (Underworld.) • Mr. Gutman told Lefty to take Max out. • One more word out of you, and I’m going to take you out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Extract, remove, as in He should take out that splinter. [c. 1300] 2. Secure by applying to an authority, as in She took out a real estate license. [Late 1600s] 3. Escort on a date, as in He's been taking out a different girl every night of the week. [c. 1600] 4. Give vent to; see TAKE IT OUT ON. 5. Carry away for use elsewhere, as in Can we get some pizza to take out? 6. Obtain as an equivalent in different form, as in We took out the money she owed us by having her babysit. [Early 1600s] 7. Set out, as in Jan and Herb took out for the beach, or The police took out after the suspects. [Mid-1800s] 8. Kill, destroy, as in Two snipers took out a whole platoon, or Flying low, the plane took out the enemy bunker in one pass. [1930s] 9. See under TAKE OUT OF.
American Heritage Idioms