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take-out (iou)



take-out adjective & noun. E20.
[from take out s.v. TAKE verb.]
A. adjective.
Designed or made to be taken out; spec. (a) of or pertaining to a mechanical device to be pulled or folded out as required; (b) designating or pertaining to take-away food. Orig. & chiefly N. Amer. E20.
Bridge. Designating a bid or call that takes the bidder's partner out. M20.
take-out double = INFORMATORY double.
b. noun.
Bridge. An act of taking out. E20.
A tax deducted from winnings on a horse-race. US. M20.
In Bowls, an act of knocking an opponent's wood away from the jack; in Curling, an act of striking an opponent's stone out of play. M20.
A pull-out article in a newspaper or journal printed without a break in successive columns or pages. US. M20.
= take-away noun (b) s.v. TAKE verb. colloq. (orig. & chiefly N. Amer.). M20.