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to take out

to take out

60 3.4
To get an official document or permit from an office
  • phrasal verb
  • /teɪk aʊt/
translation icon : obtener
  • Another option is to take out a loan from your retirement plan.
  • take out a loan
  • take out a patent
  • take out a license

He pawned the car or he took out a title loan on the car, right?

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Examples

  • For instance, suppose that when someone takes out a student loan, he or she goes to college instead of working.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In order to buy the house, he decided to take out a mortgage.

  • People, for example, take out life insurance.

  • Maybe you could start by taking out a nice big loan.

  • Anyway, back to the budget, what if we took out a loan against the store?

  • Luckily mom took out a life insurance policy on her, right before her accident.

  • If you want to know how I'm paying for it, I took out a third mortgage on this house.

  • Students and families increasingly took out loans to pay for a college education.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Several themes emerged from the 12 interviews with community college students who had taken out loans.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Most of the borrowers were able to identify some of the potential risks associated with taking out loans.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

to take
vsto take out
1.0

Accept an offer or person into a group

is obtained via a legal or official process

How Official

to grant
  • Formal
565 3.3
to hold
  • Formal
310 6.7
to take out
60 3.4
to apply for
208 1.4
to ask for
1.0

Surface Forms

take out infinitive
taking out present participle
takes out third person singular
took out past
taken out past participle

Morphology

take + out

The literal sense of 'take' (remove/bring) + 'out' (away from home) naturally suggests bringing someone to a place, so learners who know both words can infer an invitation to go somewhere. However, the conventionalized pragmatic sense that this specifically implies a romantic date or social courting is not fully predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Take out (for papers or insurance) may come from the idea of taking a paper out of an office or chest so it becomes yours. That's why it means 'to obtain' an official document or right.