Synonyms of taking out

taking out

verb

present participle of take out

1

as in giving way (to)

to find emotional release for

he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giving way (to)
• unleashing
• releasing
• acting out
• venting
• expressing
• voicing
• airing
• loosing
• stating
• ventilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bottling (up)
• holding back
• governing
• suppressing
• managing
• controlling
• handling
• repressing
• pulling in
• containing
• checking
• restraining
• curbing
• constraining
• taming
• smothering
• reining (in)
• soothing
• quelling
• allaying
• quieting
• swallowing
• inhibiting
• choking
• stifling
• repressing
• strangling
• bridling
• pocketing
• lulling
• stilling
• muffling

2

as in going out (with)

to go on a social engagement with

she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• going out (with)
• accompanying
• dating
• seeing
• escorting
• courting
• wooing

3

as in removing

to take away from a place or position

the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• withdrawing
• pulling
• drawing
• drawing off
• drawing out
• extracting
• clearing
• dislodging
• moving
• shifting
• demounting
• cutting
• abstracting
• transferring
• transposing
• displacing
• disturbing
• dislocating
• budging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• putting
• placing
• positioning
• mounting
• securing
• setting
• setting up
• fixing
• clamping
• anchoring
• mooring
• hitching
• embedding
• rooting
• lodging
• sticking
• implanting
• siting
• situating
• entrenching
• ingraining

4

as in murdering

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 & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• putting away
• doing in
• executing
• doing away with
• slaying
• knocking off
• killing
• bumping off
• getting
• rubbing out
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• terminating
• cutting down
• blowing away
• liquidating
• snuffing
• carrying off
• whacking
• destroying
• shooting down
• icing
• slaughtering
• offing
• shooting
• blotting out
• croaking
• wiping out
• mowing (down)
• claiming
• eliminating
• zapping
• felling
• smiting
• eradicating
• butchering
• massacring
• exterminating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of taking out

There were obstacles to women owning a home, having credit in their own name, and taking out loans, so Parton moved like perfume, wafting through the world of men while always doing things her own way. — Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Then, when taking out the money, the account holder will have to pay taxes on the withdrawal as ordinary income. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

The humanoid robots, dressed in black Tau Robotics uniforms and given names such as Chelsea and Elon, perform household chores like vacuuming, cleaning kitchen counters and taking out the trash. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Sky ended up taking out Perez and Rodriguez with a moonsault to the ground. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Here are 3 better alternatives More Americans are taking out personal loans. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 22 July 2026

This means taking out of taxable buckets first, and then IRAs and 401ks later. — R.j. Cunningham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Importantly, these new repayment plan options only apply to students taking out new loans, at least for the next two years. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

In May, Tribune Publishing struck a deal to buy the Daily Herald after waging a monthslong campaign — including taking out several full-page print ads in the Chicago Tribune — to convince the suburban newspaper’s employee owners to support the sale. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026