take out

Definitions

1. 1

   To remove.

   • At the same time, three sets of obsolete angle point protectors (used for slip connections), which were considered unsatisfactory, were taken out and several redundant connections removed.
   • In France, 27% of voters are currently backing the Front National, a party determined to take the country out of the Paris accord, which it sees as “a communist project”.
2. 2

   To escort someone on a date.

   • Let me take you out for dinner.
3. 3

   To immobilize with force

   To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.

   • I don't know if he's close by. He's unarmed, though. He lost his gun when I took him out.
   • I tore right through it and took him to the ground and knocked him out cold, "Ralph, oh your going to pay for that." he said and he started fighting me which he was good but not good enough and I took him out in no time.
   • "Heard a rumor you took out Mr. Hassel." He mimes a punch.
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   1. 4

      To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.

      • take out a loan;  take out medical insurance;  take out a membership;  take out a patent
      • Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.
   2. 5

      To kill or destroy.

      • The soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessary.
      • Anyway, one of the snipers took him out.
      • Boss told me when the guy was done, I should take him out.
   3. 6

      To stun, amaze

      To stun, amaze; to kill.

      • These photos are taking me out.
      • User directional transsexual (@north0fnorth) added: "Playing 'Empire State of Mind' while wheeling out the kind of trash bin that every other major U.S. city has had forever and calling it a revolution is taking me out."
   4. 7

      To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.

   5. 8

      Nonstandard spelling of takeout.

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