take-out
Verbs
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(v) cause to leave
- The teacher took the children out of the classroom
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(v) remove from its packing
- unpack the presents
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(v) take out or remove
- take out the chicken after adding the vegetables
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(v) obtain by legal or official process
- take out a license
- take out a patent
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(v) make a date
- Has he asked you out yet?
- (v) remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- (v) purchase prepared food to be eaten at home buy food,
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(v) 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
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(v) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- draw a weapon
- pull out a gun
- The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
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(v) take liquid out of a container or well
- She drew water from the barrel
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
- (v) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy excerpt, extract,
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(v) prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece