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take out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of take out

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

loose, release, unleash, vent
Words Related to take out

act out

air, express, state, ventilate, voice
Phrases Synonymous with take out

give way (to)
Near Antonyms of take out

control, govern, handle, manage

bridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, pull in, quell, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame

allay, lull, quiet, soothe, still

choke, inhibit, muffle, pocket, repress, stifle, strangle, swallow
Antonyms of take out

bottle (up), repress, suppress
2 to go on a social engagement with
  • sheʼd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime
Synonyms of take out

date, go out (with)
Words Related to take out

accompany, escort, see

court, woo
3 to take away from a place or position
  • the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case
Synonyms of take out

clear, draw, remove, withdraw
Words Related to take out

demount, dislodge

abstract, cut, draw off, draw out, extract, pull

budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shift, transfer, transpose
Near Antonyms of take out

mount

anchor, clamp, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

set up, site, situate, stick
Antonyms of take out

place, position, put
4 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
Synonyms of take out

assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, terminate, whack [slang]
Words Related to take out

blow away, shoot, shoot down

blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap

butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter

annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with take out

do away with
Near Antonyms of take out

animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

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