takeout
(North America, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
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"One of the best NYT recipes I've made recently. Easy, healthy, and filing, where don't even need the rice." This stir-fry comes together in 20 minutes, which is faster than if you ordered takeout. nyti.ms/4upeDOV
It is very visible, I hope they hit their mark. The takeout of the two SU-57s & two other SUs was superb.
ate way too much takeout yesterday and i feel like death rn :(
It's an "Order takeout on a random week night" kinda day... 😅 In my defense, work was so busy that I haven't eaten all day. No, I'm not proud of it. Silver lining: 3 more days of working until I have 2 WEEKS OFF!! �…
The college where I work has a restaurant and takeout counter run by hospitality students. They also do themed evenings. edmunds.wsc.ac.uk/lunch/#express
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(North America, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
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(curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.
: Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.
“"One of the best NYT recipes I've made recently. Easy, healthy, and filing, where don't even need the rice." This stir-fry comes together in 20 minutes, which is faster than if you ordered takeout. nyti.ms/4upeDOV”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It is very visible, I hope they hit their mark. The takeout of the two SU-57s & two other SUs was superb.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“ate way too much takeout yesterday and i feel like death rn :(”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's an "Order takeout on a random week night" kinda day... 😅 In my defense, work was so busy that I haven't eaten all day. No, I'm not proud of it. Silver lining: 3 more days of working until I have 2 WEEKS OFF!! 😎 Soooo much time for gaming!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The college where I work has a restaurant and takeout counter run by hospitality students. They also do themed evenings. edmunds.wsc.ac.uk/lunch/#express”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
“Leftorders Definition: the extra takeout food ordered, for tomorrow night's dinner.”
— r/words· Apr 2026
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(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, Hong Kong, sometimes, _, Philippines) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
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(chiefly, UK, Australia, and, New Zealand) A takeout restaurant, or food from such restaurant.
- takeaway79%
(chiefly, UK, Australia, and, New Zealand) A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere.
- takeaway77%
(chiefly, UK, Australia, South Africa, and, New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.