lift out

1. 1.

   take out or up with or as if with a scoop

   “scoop the sugar out of the container”

   Synonymsscoopscoop outscoop uptake up

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   Narrowerdip

Questions about lift out

What does lift out mean?

lift out means "take out or up with or as if with a scoop".

What is another word for lift out?

Close synonyms include scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lift out a common word?

lift out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.