phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb

take out

to remove from inside

What it means

To remove something from inside a place, container, or body. It can also mean to invite someone on a social outing such as dinner, or to obtain something official like a loan or insurance.

Examples

  • Please take the rubbish out before the bin collection tomorrow morning.
  • The dentist had to take out two of my wisdom teeth last week.
  • He took her out for dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant downtown.
  • They took out a loan to pay for their daughter's university education.

Where it comes from

Separable: 'take it out' or 'take out the books'. In American English, 'takeout' (one word) is food ordered from a restaurant to eat at home, called 'takeaway' in British English.

Related phrasal verbs

#take off#take up#take over#put away

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