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takeout
or take-out
[ teyk-out ]
/ ˈteɪkˌaʊt /
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noun
adjective
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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Origin of takeout
First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase take out
Words nearby takeout
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How to use takeout in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for takeout
take out
verb (tr, adverb)
adjective takeout
noun takeout US and Canadian
a shop or restaurant that sells such foodlet's go to the Chinese takeout
a meal bought at such a shop or restaurantwe'll have a takeout tonight to save cooking
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Other Idioms and Phrases with takeout
take out
Extract, remove, as in He should take out that splinter: [c. 1300]
Secure by applying to an authority, as in She took out a real estate license. [Late 1600s]
Escort on a date, as in He's been taking out a different girl every night of the week. [c. 1600]
Give vent to; see take it out on.
Carry away for use elsewhere, as in Can we get some pizza to take out?
Obtain as an equivalent in different form, as in We took out the money she owed us by having her baby-sit. [Early 1600s]
Set out, as in Jan and Herb took out for the beach, or The police took out after the suspects. [Mid-1800s]
Kill, destroy, as in Two snipers took out a whole platoon, or Flying low, the plane took out the enemy bunker in one pass. [1930s]
See under take out of.
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