Main Entry: take out

Function: verb

Date: 13th century

transitive verb

1 a (1) : deduct, separate (2) : exclude, omit (3) : withdraw, withhold b : to find release for : vent <take out their resentments on one another — J. W. Aldridge> c (1) : eliminate (2) : kill, destroy (3) : knock out
2 : to take as an equivalent in another form <took the debt out in trade>
3 a : to obtain from the proper authority <take out a charter> <take out a second mortgage> b : to arrange for (insurance)
4 : to overcall (a bridge partner) in a different suitintransitive verb : to start on a course : set out

— take it out on : to expend anger, vexation, or frustration in harassment of