Question

why
did he take out things from his pockets​

Answer 1

Answer:

Is it correct to use either "get out" or "take out" in the sentence "He put his hand in his pocket and took the key out/got the key out"?

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I’m sure your gut feeling already gave you the answer. Correct according to dictionaries: he took the key out. In colloquial English the verb ‘get’ replaces often the right verb. That doesn’t give it the status of correct English.

to get out

1. To leave or escape: Our canary got out.

2. To become known: Somehow the secret got out.

3. To publish, as a newspaper.

to take out

1.To take something out of something: “He took the butter out of the fridge.”

2.To take something out: “She took out a sheet of paper.”

3.To remove something from the inside of something: “He took his key out of his pocket.”