Take out meaning
Take out means to remove something from a bag, a box, a pocket or a place. It can also mean to take someone to a restaurant or a film and usually pay.
take something out
take out · took · taken · taking
Can you take the rubbish out?
Take out meanings and examples
3 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.
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1
Remove something from a bag, a box, a pocket or a place
take something out
- Can you take the rubbish out?
- I took out my phone to check the time.
- My tooth hurt, so the dentist took it out.
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2
Take someone to a restaurant or a film and usually pay
take somebody out
- He took her out for dinner on her birthday.
- Let me take you out to say thank you.
- Who’s taking the kids out on Saturday?
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3
Get money from a bank, or get a loan or insurance
take something out
- I took out fifty euros at the airport.
- They took out a loan to buy a van.
- Don’t forget to take out travel insurance.
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Use take out in real conversations
- Learn new words with picture cards
- Talk with Felix, an AI tutor, about the things you love
- Short lessons at your level, a few minutes a day
Is take out separable?
Take out is separable: take out the bins, take the bins out. With a pronoun, it goes in the middle: take it out, take them out.
When you take money out, say from or out of the bank: I took £50 out of my account.
Verb tenses for take out
| Present | I take out · she takes out |
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| Past | took out |
| Present perfect | have taken out |
| -ing form | taking out |
Common mistakes with take out
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: I took out it from my bag.
Right: I took it out of my bag.
A pronoun goes between take and out.
Wrong: Take out your coat and sit down.
Right: Take off your coat and sit down.
For clothes you are wearing, use take off.
Wrong: Let’s take out tonight. I’m tired.
Right: Let’s get takeout tonight. I’m tired.
Takeout is a noun here; you get or order it.
Synonyms and opposites of take out
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
- get outtake something from a bag or cupboard to use it
- withdrawthe formal word for taking out money
- removethe formal word for taking something out
Take out quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1It’s your turn to ___ the rubbish.
Take out the rubbish means carry it outside.
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2Choose the right sentence.
The pronoun goes in the middle, then out of.
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3It’s Mum’s birthday. Let’s ___ for lunch.
Take someone out means take them somewhere nice and pay.
More phrasal verbs with take
All phrasal verbs with take, by level, with an exercise
10 phrasal verbs start with take. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- take offA2remove clothes, shoes or glasses from your body
- take upB1start a new hobby or activity
- take backB1return something you bought to the shop
- take afterB2look or behave like an older person in your family
- take overB2start doing a job or a task that someone else was doing
- take onB2give someone a job
- take inB2let a person or an animal live in your home
- take downB2remove something from a wall or a high place, or take it apart
- take awayB2remove something or someone from a place or a person
Take out FAQ
Questions people ask about take out.
What is takeout?
In US English, takeout is cooked food you buy at a restaurant and eat at home. British English says takeaway: Shall we get a takeaway?
Can take out mean destroy?
Yes, informally, in news and games: The storm took out the power lines. It can also mean kill, so be careful.
What is the difference between take out and take off?
Take off is for clothes and things on your body. Take out is for things inside a bag, box, pocket or room: Take off your coat and take out your phone.
Use take out in real conversations
In Slova you learn new words with picture cards, then use them when you talk about the things you love. A few minutes a day, at your level.