Synonyms and Antonyms of took out
1
to find emotional release for
- he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
controlled, governed, handled, managed
bridled, checked, constrained, contained, curbed, held back, pulled in, quelled, reined (in), restrained, smothered, tamed
allayed, lulled, quieted, soothed, stilled
choked, inhibited, muffled, pocketed, repressed, stifled, strangled, swallowed
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
demounted, dislodged
abstracted, cut, drew off, drew out, extracted, pulled
budged, dislocated, displaced, disturbed, moved, shifted, transferred, transposed
mounted
anchored, clamped, fixed, hitched, moored, secured, set
embedded (also imbedded), entrenched (also intrenched), implanted, ingrained (also engrained), lodged, rooted
set up, sited, situated, stuck
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
assassinated, bumped off, croaked [slang], did in, dispatched, executed, got, iced [slang], knocked off, liquidated, murdered, neutralized, offed [slang], put away, rubbed out, slew, snuffed, terminated, whacked [slang]
blew away, shot, shot down
blotted out, carried off, claimed, cut down, destroyed, felled, killed, smote, zapped
butchered, massacred, mowed (down), slaughtered
annihilated, eliminated, eradicated, exterminated, wiped out
