phrasal verb

frédérico · 05-08-2005, 05:56 PM

hello,
I ve a problem with a verb i heard this afternoon on the bbc radio " to take out ". If you know the meaning in french it will be kind from you to to call me back and give me the meaning in french. Thank you

MikeL · 05-08-2005, 08:27 PM

As with many, if not most, phrasal verbs, there is more than one meaning, and without the context it is impossible to translate it. The two most common contexts are:

1 with a person as the complement: to take someone out (to dinner, to a movie...)
2 with a thing as the complement: to take something out = remove
e.g. a surgeon takes out a diseased appendix

In recent years a new meaning has developed, probably an Americanism originally. The context is either military, in which the complement is usually a thing or place, e.g. an enemy position, and with the meaning "destroy", or to do with crime, particularly organized crime, where the complement is a person, and the meaning is "kill".

Would that make sense in the context in which you heard it?

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MikeL International Forum Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Auckland New Zealand Posts: 579 MikeL came out of the blue	As with many, if not most, phrasal verbs, there is more than one meaning, and without the context it is impossible to translate it. The two most common contexts are: 1 with a person as the complement: to take someone out (to dinner, to a movie...) 2 with a thing as the complement: to take something out = remove e.g. a surgeon takes out a diseased appendix In recent years a new meaning has developed, probably an Americanism originally. The context is either military, in which the complement is usually a thing or place, e.g. an enemy position, and with the meaning "destroy", or to do with crime, particularly organized crime, where the complement is a person, and the meaning is "kill". Would that make sense in the context in which you heard it?
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