TAKE IT OUT ON 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 However, rates are already higher for loans taken out during the 2026-27 academic year based on the last 10-year Treasury note auction in May, which took effect July 1. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 But court dockets say there’s still an open domestic violence restraining order against him, first taken out by his wife on June 12, 2025. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 Two other men from the group took out guns and fired toward the 50-year-old man's car before fleeing, police said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The popular senior, who feels like her life is falling apart in the wake of her parents’ separation, takes out her pain on the new girl. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for take out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for take out

Verb

From SheetsGate to purposefully washing Joy’s uniforms with rags, the laundry room has unleashed something deranged in Gen.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Her warnings reflect a chaotic global trade environment unleashed by US tariffs just over a year ago, which has forced middle-power economies into a scramble for economic cover.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of unleash

Verb

Families Belden House & Mews and its accompanying restaurant, welcome children ages 12+.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.

— HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompany

Verb

While the complexities around working within a park that his ancestors had been removed from remain, Mgesi now supports much of his extended family with the steady wage.

— Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

The program tonight will include a tribute to the late republican activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago, and an observance of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, which is Friday.

— Tamara Keith, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Loosely based on an unfinished novel by Federico García Lorca, a writer assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, the film explores the lives of three gay men in three time periods.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassinate

Verb

Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and CDC data released this year show firearm suicides actually climbed to their highest level on record in 2025, topping 28,000.

— Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Editions in French, German and nine other languages are being released this month.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of release

Verb

Greiner dates the form to the 19th century fiction of George Eliot, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens—the literature that shaped Lee.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
The dispute dates to March, when the government of then-President Rodrigo Chaves Robles closed Costa Rica’s embassy in Havana and gave Cuban diplomats until the end of the month to leave.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of date

Verb

The proposal was withdrawn following heavy backlash by Democrats and civil liberties groups, with eventual bipartisan support to delete the clause from a broader bill.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Sheeran’s remaining supporting acts—the band Lukas Graham and the singer-songwriters Aaron Rowe and Finneas—and his backing band, the Irish folk troupe Beoga, all withdrew in solidarity.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraw

Verb

Ella Beatty plays Lizzie — a woman who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with a hatchet in 1892 but was found not guilty.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
An Illinois judge found Corie Walsh too dangerous to release after prosecutors alleged the Frankfort mother posed a threat to her husband and three surviving children after she was charged with murdering her 2-year-old son, Barrett.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026