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.
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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.
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