What is the Meaning of TAKE OUT?

take s.o. out 

take out s.o.

Definition:

take someone to a social event or a place of entertainment, or to a restaurant

Examples:

1. My husband is going to take me out to the theatre for our anniversary.

2. He took her out to dinner on Friday evening.

Tips:

• Use this for nicer restaurants. It is not normally used for fast food restaurants.
• Don’t confuse this phrasal verb with the noun take-out. The meaning is very different. Take-out is food that you purchase from a restaurant (such as pizza), then take home to eat.
• In speech, the phrasal verb is stressed on OUT.  The noun is stressed on TAKE.

Note: Many phrasal verbs have more than one definition. Not all the definitions are shown here.

present –	TAKE OUT
present participle –	TAKING OUT
past –	TOOK OUT
past participle –	TAKEN OUT

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