Definition of "take out" [take out]

• Alternative spelling of takeout. (noun)
• To remove. (verb)
• To escort someone on a date. (verb)
• To immobilize with force. (verb)
• To kill or destroy. (verb)

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• "The first thing I did when I got home was to take out my date-book and mark the day."
• "I could take out the wife while you get the tuxedo, tie up your pops, cut up some magazines, and make a note for the police—"
• "Hell take out a bottle of the only wine he buys for himself, something called Fortissimo in Italian this word means strongest, which is closer to some kind of 60-proof red whiskey than a real wine, but which I like very much."