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Take out meaning

Take out is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to remove a person or thing from inside a place or container.

Past simple
took out
Past participle
taken out
-ing form
taking out

What take out means

remove from a placeB1

To remove a person or thing from inside a place or container

He took his wallet out of his pocket.

3 more meanings of take out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With take: take off, take back, take up, take away, take on, take down, take over, take someone aback, take after, take against.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out, carry out.

Common questions

What does take out mean?

It has 4 meanings. One of them is to remove a person or thing from inside a place or container. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of take out?

Took out. The past participle is taken out.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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