Everyday English
whip out
take something out quickly
To whip something out means to take it out quickly and suddenly.
Hear it in real life
How did you get that photo?
I whipped out my phone and took it before the bus pulled away.
He whipped out his phone and showed me the message.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She whipped out it quickly.
Say: She whipped it out quickly.
When the object is a pronoun, it goes between “whip” and “out.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
whip out a phone; whipped out her camera
Your turn: say it out loud
He whipped out his phone and showed me the message.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
whip out
take something out quickly
“He whipped out his phone and showed me the message.”
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