to lift out
5
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /lɪft aʊt/
:
sacar
- She carefully used a spatula to lift out the lasagna from the baking dish.
- lift out with a spoon
- lift out the bag
- lift out the drawer
Examples
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I knelt down and lifted out a heap of assorted envelopes.
Fiction book (2001) -
Zip opened up the drawer of the desk and lifted out his time platform.
Fiction book (1997) -
Suddenly, the little bird felt himself being lifted out of the tree.
Fiction book (1997) -
How many people have been lifted out of poverty in India?
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And she lifted out a kind of central circular panel right in the right in the middle of the of the coffee table.
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Eventually I do get it all separated and I'm able to lift out the support and free the canvas from it.
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Billy and Al reach into the compartment, start to lift out the sack.
Fiction book (1997) -
From the bottom of the drawer, he lifted out a picture frame, beautifully carved of deep brown chestnut wood.
Fiction book (2002) -
Stevie pulled open a shallow drawer and lifted out a ring-binder notebook.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hanner reaches around behind the Kelvinator and lifts out a pint bottle of whiskey.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To move something toward you using force, often to remove it
∞
1.0
Take something out of a container like a box or cupboard
∞
1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
834
1.0
To lift something or someone from the ground with your hands
523
2.7
To take something out of a place, often with effort
241
1.4
To remove unwanted parts like seeds or stems
166
3.9
To remove something from somewhere, often by effort, or to get information
127
1.9
To lift something using a deep curved tool or your hand
111
3.2
To take something out, often with effort, for example weeds or hidden facts
77
3.5
To pull something out quickly with the fingers
68
4.4
To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely
61
1.6
Take something out of a cupboard or closet
56
2.0
To lift something up, often with a spoon or tool
47
2.8
To lift or pick up something quickly with your hand
41
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
25
1.0
To take something off a surface carefully
24
4.8
To pull something out with force
21
3.4
Find and take out something that is hidden or forgotten
9
4.3
Pull things away one at a time
7
3.3
Remove the inside of something with a spoon or small tool so it becomes hollow
1
4.0
Pull a plant up from the ground so it cannot grow back
Antonyms
How Carefully
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remove something by picking it up and taking it out' is directly and transparently composed from 'lift' (to raise) + 'out' (away from the interior). This is a literal phrasal-verb construction with an obvious spatial/compositional relation that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer.
Etymology
Lift out comes from the simple picture of picking something up and taking it away, with lift meaning to raise and out meaning away from a container. So when you lift out a cake from a pan or an object from the ground, you mean 'to remove something by picking it up', often carefully.