Take Out definition

(1) Take out or remove

"Take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

(2) Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

"The bad results were excluded from the report"

"Leave off the top piece"

(3) Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

(4) Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

"We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

(5) Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

"Pull weeds"

"Extract a bad tooth"

"Take out a splinter"

"Extract information from the telegram"

(6) Remove something from a container or an enclosed space

(7) Remove from its packing

"Unpack the presents"

(8) Take liquid out of a container or well

"She drew water from the barrel"

(9) Obtain by legal or official process

"Take out a license"

"Take out a patent"

(10) Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

"She drew $2,000 from the account"

"The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

(11) Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home

(12) Cause to leave

"The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

(13) Make a date

"Has he asked you out yet?"