| VERB | social | take out, move out, remove | cause to leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | take out, unpack | remove from its packing | |
| change | take out, take away | take out or remove | |
| possession | take out | obtain by legal or official process | |
| social | take out, ask out, ask, invite out | make a date | |
| contact | take out | remove something from a container or an enclosed space | |
| possession | take out, buy food | purchase prepared food to be eaten at home | |
| possession | take out, withdraw, draw, draw off | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | |
| motion | take out, draw, pull, pull out, get out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | |
| motion | take out, draw | take liquid out of a container or well | |
| contact | take out, extract, pull out, pull, pull up, draw out, rip out, tear out | remove, usually with some force or effort | |
| consumption | take out, take away | buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food | |
| cognition | take out, excerpt, extract | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy | |
| cognition | take out, exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit | prevent from being included or considered or accepted |
| Meaning | Cause to leave. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | move out, remove | |
| Cause to | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Narrower | call in | take a player out of a game / game / game in order to exchange for another player |
| clear | Remove (people) from a building | |
| estrange | Remove from customary environment or associations | |
| Spanish | apartar, eliminar, extirpar, quitar, retirar, sacar, suprimir | |
| Catalan | apartar, eliminar, extirpar, retirar, suprimir, treure | |
| Meaning | Remove from its packing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | unpack | |
| Narrower | break out | Take from stowage in preparation for use |
| bring out, get out | take out of a container or enclosed space | |
| unbox | Remove from a box | |
| uncrate | Remove from the crate | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Opposite | pack | Arrange in a container |
| Spanish | desempaquetar | |
| Catalan | desempaquetar, desfer | |
| Meaning | take out or remove. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | |
| Synonym | take away | |
| Narrower | bus | Remove used dishes from the table in restaurants |
| cart off, cart away, haul off, haul away | take away by means of a vehicle | |
| cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark | Remove from a list | |
| erase, delete | wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | |
| kill, obliterate, wipe out | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Opposite | add | make an addition (to) |
| Spanish | retirar, sacar | |
| Catalan | retirar, treure | |
| Meaning | Obtain by legal or official process. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Spanish | obtener | |
| Meaning | make a date. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | ask out, ask, invite out | |
| Broader | request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest | Express the need or desire for |
| Spanish | citar, invitar a salir, invitar, sacar a pasear | |
| Meaning | Remove something from a container or an enclosed space. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Narrower | pulp | Remove the pulp from, as from a fruit |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Meaning | purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They take out more bread | |
| Synonym | buy food | |
| Broader | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
| Meaning | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | withdraw, draw, draw off | |
| Narrower | cheque, check out | Withdraw money by writing a check |
| dip | Take a small amount from | |
| divert, hive off | Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions | |
| divest, disinvest | Reduce or dispose of | |
| overdraw | Draw more money from than is available | |
| tap | Draw from or dip into to get something | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| See also | take | take into one's possession |
| take | buy, select | |
| Opposite | deposit, bank | put into a bank account |
| Similar to | draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
| Spanish | dibujar, quitar, retirar, sacar, suprimir | |
| Catalan | retirar, suprimir, traure, treure | |
| Meaning | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | draw, pull, pull out, get out | |
| Narrower | unsheathe | Draw from a sheath or scabbard |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
| extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | Remove, usually with some force or effort | |
| pull | take away | |
| Spanish | sacar | |
| Catalan | treure | |
| Meaning | take liquid out of a container or well. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | draw | |
| Narrower | deglycerolize, deglycerolise | Remove from glycerol |
| milk | Take milk / milk from female mammals | |
| pump | Draw or pour with a pump | |
| rack | Draw off from the lees | |
| siphon, syphon, siphon off | convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | |
| sluice | Draw through a sluice | |
| suck | draw something in by or as if by a vacuum | |
| tap | Draw (liquor) from a tap | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
| draw | Allow a draft | |
| withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | |
| Spanish | exprimir, extraer | |
| Catalan | exprémer, extraure, extreure | |
| Meaning | Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "take out a splinter" | |
| Synonyms | extract, pull out, pull, pull up, draw out, rip out, tear out | |
| Narrower | demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| thread | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | |
| wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
| Spanish | extraer, sacar | |
| Catalan | extreure | |
| Meaning | buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook" | |
| Synonym | take away | |
| Broader | eat | Eat a meal |
| Nouns | takeout | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises |
| Meaning | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | excerpt, extract | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | citar, extractar, extraer, sacar | |
| Catalan | extreure | |
| Meaning | prevent from being included or considered or accepted. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit | |
| Narrower | elide | leave or strike out |
| Broader | extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | Terminate, end, or take out |
| Opposite | include | Consider as part of something |
| Spanish | descontar, exceptuar, excluir, omitir | |
| Catalan | exceptuar, excloure, ometre | |
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