take somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ take )
1 . take somebody ↔ out to take someone as your guest to a restaurant, cinema, club etc
take somebody ↔ out for
We’re taking my folks out for a meal next week.
2 . take something ↔ out to make a financial or legal arrangement with a bank, company, law court etc
take out a policy/injunction/loan etc
Before taking a loan out, calculate your monthly outgoings.
3 . take something ↔ out to get money from your bank account SYN withdraw :
How much would you like to take out?
4 . take something ↔ out to borrow books from a library:
You can take out six books at a time.
5 . take somebody/something ↔ out informal to kill someone or destroy something:
The building was taken out by a bomb.