take out

verb

1. to extract or remove
2. to obtain or secure (a licence, patent, etc) from an authority
3. to go out with; escort

   George is taking Susan out next week

4. bridge to bid a different suit from (one's partner) in order to rescue him from a difficult contract
5. slang.
   to kill or destroy
6. informal.
   to win, esp in sport

   he took out the tennis championship

7. take it out of or take a lot out of informal.
   to sap the energy or vitality of
8. take out on informal.
   to vent (anger, frustration, etc) on (esp an innocent person)
9. take someone out of himself informal.
   to make someone forget his anxieties, problems, etc

adjective

1. bridge of or designating a conventional informatory bid, asking one's partner to bid another suit
2. sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared

   a takeout meal

3. preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises

   a takeout Indian restaurant

noun

1. a shop or restaurant that sells such food

   let's go to the Chinese takeout

2. a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant

   we'll have a takeout tonight to save cooking

Example Sentences

To afford an out-of-state abortion, she and her partner had to take out a loan and borrow from their loved ones.

From Slate

At one point, he persuaded her to take out a £25,000 loan, apparently to “block” another loan he claimed had been taken out.

From BBC

Students from England do not get maintenance grants but can take out loans up to a maximum of £13,348 in London for those with the lowest household incomes.

From BBC

Since then, he’s faced a mutiny on the Chicago school board over whether the district should take out a high-interest loan to cover a new contract with the Chicago Teachers Union, for which Johnson was an organizer.

From Slate

"In two days, we are going to take out the trash in Washington, DC, and the trash is named Kamala Harris."

From Salon

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