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took it out of

took it out of is the simple past of take it out of.

Meaning of take it out of

Verb

take it out of (third-person singular simple present takes it out of, present participle taking it out of, simple past took it out of, past participle taken it out of)

  1. To enervate or make tired; to sap the strength or vitality of.
    • This job has really taken it out of me.
  2. To exact payment from; to punish.
    • They'll take it out of me one way or another.

Questions about took it out of

What is took it out of the simple past of?
Took it out of is the simple past of take it out of.

Words near took it out of in the dictionary

  1. took it from the top
  2. took it into one's head
  3. took it on the arches
  4. took it on the lam
  5. took it out in
  6. took it out of
  7. took it out on
  8. took it outside
  9. took it to the next level
  10. took it up the ass
  11. took it upon oneself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took it out of (page history and authors); take it out of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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