TAKE OUT Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

take out

verb

Definition of take out

as in to unleash

to find emotional release for he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

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as in to accompany

to go on a social engagement with she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

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as in to remove

to take away from a place or position the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case

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as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country

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Recent Examples of take out When a tragic event makes her hell-bent for revenge, Jackie determines to take out the Demons one by one, unleashing her old killer instincts. — John Hopewell, Variety, 28 July 2026 They’ll also be taken out for activities like bowling, golfing, or an escape room. — Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026 Defense attorneys maintained that the messages were taken out of context. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 From the restraining order Ian took out against Hadley months before the harassing emails began to the not one, but two pregnancies Angela allegedly faked, here are eight disturbing details A Toxic Love Story left out. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for take out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for take out

Verb

ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US oil companies, reported gangbusters profits on Friday driven by the spike in global oil prices unleashed by the US-Iran war.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Denver Post via Getty Images On the night of July 31st, 1976, Colorado's monsoon season unleashed a torrential burst of rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorms across the Big Thompson Canyon between Estes Park and Loveland.

— Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of unleash

Verb

Utah prosecutors are turning up the heat on Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, arguing that the evidence against him easily meets the standard required to send the case to trial.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
In the days after the Zacatecas slayings, a mayor was assassinated in his office in the central state of Morelos and a journalist was shot dead in Oaxaca, in the south.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of assassinate

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An Iranian cargo vessel carrying vital supplies needed for medical treatment has been released after being seized by the US and held for 95 days, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
At sunset, everyone will release their lanterns across the water.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of release

Verb

Stafford’s training camp focus, dating to his youthful ups and downs with the Lions, remains.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026
The two have talked about their relationships (Barone dated the British actor Edward Bluemel for many years) and her and Skinner’s respective breakups.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026

Definition of date

Verb

The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Bryan Kohberger declared his intention to withdraw his guilty plea on Monday, one year after he was convicted and sentenced for murdering four Idaho college students.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026