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outtake

outtake

12 7.4
A short scene from a film or TV show that was filmed but not used in the final version
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
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  • The director shared some funny outtakes that weren't used in the final cut.
  • blooper outtakes
  • scene outtake
  • studio outtakes

These are some, but not all of the outtakes.

Examples

  • And we included this little tag at the end of the movie kind of as a nod to the original, where we had an outtake from the Garfield scene with Bill Murray and Woody at the very end of the movie.

  • And here come the outtakes.

  • So, we included this outtake that made us laugh of Bill doing a Spanish version of a hair ball.

  • It's like an outtake from The Newlywed Game.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • These are the outtakes on that scene where Dick had that piece of bad luck.

  • And they put a little thing at the end with some outtakes of ours, which is really cute.

  • The video itself is okay, but the outtakes afterwards make us laugh so hard.

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  • Here's Debbie in a rare outtake from Singin' in the Rain.

  • Were you surprised when the City of New York started pushing back and subpoenaed notes and outtakes from the film?

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  • I remember the audience roaring with laughter and delight at these outtakes!

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Synonyms

cutting room floor
vsouttake
4 6.8

Parts of a film or book removed before the final version is released

is specific to filmed or recorded scenes left out of the final version

Surface Forms

outtake singular
outtakes plural

Morphology

outtake = take (semi-transparent) = out + take + out

The sense is derivable as 'a take that is left out', but it depends on knowing 'take' as a filmed or recorded attempt, which may not be familiar to all learners.

Etymology

Outtake comes from out- meaning 'not in' or 'outside' and take meaning 'a recorded try', as in a film 'take'. So an outtake is a 'take' that was left 'out' of the final film, a scene recorded but not used and often shown later as a funny extra.