takeout
or take-out
the act or fact of taking out.
something made to be taken out, especially food prepared in a store or restaurant to be carried out for consumption elsewhere.
Informal. a store, restaurant, or counter specializing in preparing food meant to be carried out for consumption elsewhere.
a section, as of a magazine, that may be removed intact, usually consisting of a story, article, or set of illustrations.
Also called takedown, takeout loan, takeout mortgage. Finance. a long-term real-estate mortgage arranged for a building the construction of which is financed by an interim short-term loan (construction loan ).
Cards.
Bridge. a bid in a suit or denomination different from the one bid by one's partner.
Poker. the minimum with which a player can begin.
pertaining to or supplying food and drink to be taken out and consumed elsewhere: the takeout window of a restaurant.
Also takedown. of, relating to, or providing a takeout mortgage: The high-rise developer has found a takeout commitment from a large insurance company.
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How to use takeout in a sentence
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant was closed for dine-in, but their takeout service was flawless.
A day’s drive from Chicago, exploring a very different Illinois | Carson Vaughan | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostOutdoor restaurant dining may still be too risky with new virus variants, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get takeout, go to the park, and see people.
Delivery, takeout options and outdoor dining options are highlighted on each map point.
Now that vaccines for the coronavirus are available, we can anticipate some sort of “new normal,” including dining in restaurants rather than “streateries” or eating takeout food at home.
Sommeliers have been forced to pivot in the pandemic, and their futures remain uncertain | Dave McIntyre | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThe pair reopened the restaurant in early May, offering takeout for the first time — but only to guests who ordered ahead online.
Restaurants Avoiding Big Delivery Apps Have to Get Creative | Kristen Hawley | February 1, 2021 | Eater
One donor complains about the takeout chicken pot pies served at a Karl Rove-hosted confab.
Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics | William O’Connor | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe typical American eats takeout breakfast in his car about eight times per year.
Plastic-foam containers are used for everything from awful conference room coffee to Chinese takeout.
In Manhattan, where I grew up, people seemed to eat a lot of takeout, or prepared foods from places like Zabars and Fairway.
I added some left-over roast brisket and a scoop of Chinese takeout rice, two favorites.
British Dictionary definitions for take out
to extract or remove
to obtain or secure (a licence, patent, etc) from an authority
to go out with; escort: George is taking Susan out next week
bridge to bid a different suit from (one's partner) in order to rescue him from a difficult contract
slang to kill or destroy
Australian informal to win, esp in sport: he took out the tennis championship
take it out of or take a lot out of informal to sap the energy or vitality of
take out on informal to vent (anger, frustration, etc) on (esp an innocent person)
take someone out of himself informal to make someone forget his anxieties, problems, etc
bridge of or designating a conventional informatory bid, asking one's partner to bid another suit
US and Canadian sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared: a takeout meal
preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises: a takeout Indian restaurant
a shop or restaurant that sells such food: let's go to the Chinese takeout
a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant: we'll have a takeout tonight to save cooking
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with takeout
Extract, remove, as in He should take out that splinter: [c. 1300]
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