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past tense 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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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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- 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]
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