v.1. To remove or extract something: My mother took the splinter out of my finger. I opened the camera and took out the film.
2. To remove something to the outside: I forgot to take the trash out last night. Take out the garbage before the trash can gets too full.
3. To withdraw some amount of money from an account: I went to the ATM and took out $20. She took $500 out of her bank account.
4. To borrow something from a library: I took out a book from the library. You can only take three books out at a time.
5. To give vent to some negative emotion; allow some emotion to be relieved by expressing it: Don't take out your frustration so aggressively. He took his anger out on his poor dog.
6. To invite someone as a date or companion and escort them: I'd like to take you out tonight if you're free. We took the children out to a movie.
7. To order some food from a restaurant and eat it elsewhere: We took out some Japanese food and ate at home.
8. To obtain something as an equivalent in a different form: They took out the money we owed in babysitting services.
9. To except something from consideration; not consider something: It was a good summer if you take out those three days when I was sick. Take the acting out, and tell me what you thought of the plot.
10. To begin a course; set out: The police took out after the thieves.
11. To secure some document or license by application to an authority: I took out a restraining order against my neighbor. She took a real estate license out and started selling houses.
12. To secure something, as a loan, from a financial institution: Let's take out a loan and buy that car. I took a mortgage out on my house.
13. To destroy or incapacitate something: The explosion took out the ship's radar. The plane flew over the enemy bunker and took it out with a missile.
14. Slang To kill or incapacitate someone: Two snipers took out the entire enemy platoon. He took me out with a single punch.