Synonyms and Antonyms of takes out
1
to find emotional release for
- he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
controls, governs, handles, manages
bridles, checks, constrains, contains, curbs, holds back, pulls in, quells, reins (in), restrains, smothers, tames
allays, lulls, quiets, soothes, stills
chokes, inhibits, muffles, pockets, represses, stifles, strangles, swallows
2
to go on a social engagement with
- she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime
3
to take away from a place or position
- the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case
demounts, dislodges
abstracts, cuts, draws off, draws out, extracts, pulls
budges, dislocates, displaces, disturbs, moves, shifts, transfers, transposes
mounts
anchors, clamps, fixes, hitches, moors, secures, sets
embeds (also imbeds), entrenches (also intrenches), implants, ingrains (also engrains), lodges, roots
sets up, sites, situates, sticks
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
assassinates, bumps off, croaks [slang], dispatches, does in, executes, gets, ices [slang], knocks off, liquidates, murders, neutralizes, offs [slang], puts away, rubs out, slays, snuffs, terminates, whacks [slang]
blows away, shoots, shoots down
blots out, carries off, claims, cuts down, destroys, fells, kills, smites, zaps
butchers, massacres, mows (down), slaughters
annihilates, eliminates, eradicates, exterminates, wipes out
