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present participle of take out
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1
to find emotional release for
- he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
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2
to go on a social engagement with
- she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime
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3
to take away from a place or position
- the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case
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- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- implanting,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- lodging,
- rooting
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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
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- assassinating,
- bumping off,
- croaking
- [slang],
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- executing,
- getting,
- icing
- [slang],
- knocking off,
- liquidating,
- murdering,
- neutralizing,
- offing
- [slang],
- putting away,
- rubbing out,
- slaying,
- snuffing,
- terminating,
- whacking
- [slang]
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“Taking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taking%20out. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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