take out
Food for home
Take out means to remove something from where it is: Take out the trash, She took out her wallet.
At restaurants, take out (or takeout) refers to food prepared for eating elsewhere: Let's get Chinese takeout.
To take someone out can mean to escort them socially (He took her out to dinner) or, in slang, to kill or neutralize them: The sniper took out the target.
To take something out on someone is to direct frustration at them unfairly: Don't take your bad day out on me.
Core message retained
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- carryoutFood ordered for elsewhere
- drive-thruVehicle-accessible service window
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
curbside · pickup · order · menu · packaging · containers · napkins · condiments
Cause death
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- destroyCause complete ruin
- executeCarry out fully
terminate · hit · sniper · target · ambush · hitman · strike · annihilate
Concentrated derived substance
Primary evening meal
- romanceLove and its excitement
- eveningLate day period
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
courtship · rendezvous · candlelight · companionship · flirting · conversation · chemistry · attraction
takeaway
Core message retained
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- carryoutFood ordered for elsewhere
- drive-thruVehicle-accessible service window
fast-food · curbside · pickup · order · menu · packaging · containers · napkins · condiments · DoorDash
kill
Cause death
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- destroyCause complete ruin
execute · terminate · hit · sniper · target · ambush · hitman · strike · annihilate · eradicate
extract
Concentrated derived substance
dinner
Primary evening meal
- romanceLove and its excitement
- eveningLate day period
- restaurantPlace serving meals
reservation · courtship · rendezvous · candlelight · companionship · flirting · conversation · chemistry · attraction · connection
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
renew · return · borrowing · circulation · reserve · hold · overdue
subtract
Remove from a sum
garnish · offset · discount · reduce · taxes · paycheck · deduction · net · gross · withholding
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, strikethrough, x
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- Doublespeakcollateral damage, enhanced interrogation, friendly fire, regime change, neutralize
- classroom commandssit down, stand up, raise hand, be quiet, listen
- underworld slangsnitch, hitman, capo, consigliere, omerta
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up