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take-away

take-away

1 2.3
Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop
  • adjective
  • /ˈteɪkˌəweɪ/
  • UK
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  • But low cholesterol is bad for your health, and that made me think that "they" should have "their" licenses taken away.

Examples

  • On Fridays, we enjoy delicious pizza from our favorite take-away shop.

  • And specifically the Chinese take away that we can get delivered to our house is just the best take away that there possibly is.

  • I love these Chicago town take away for cheese melt.

  • We won't take away your porn stash, Osama's, but we will get that filmmaker who was mean to this great, great, great religion, she will say.

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  • I often order curry from the local Indian take-away for dinner.

  • The restaurant's take-away menu includes a variety of fresh salads and sandwiches.

Synonyms

grab and go
vstake-away
1 3.7

Food or drinks you buy to eat quickly away from a shop

is for food prepared to be eaten elsewhere not necessarily immediately
takeout
vstake-away
  • US
2.0

Food or drink meant to be eaten somewhere else

is the same meaning but written as a hyphenated form

Surface Forms

take-away positive

Morphology

take-away = take + away (transparent) = take + away

A literal compound meaning food intended to be taken away from the premises, directly derivable from 'take' + 'away'.

Etymology

Take-away comes from the simple phrase take away, which means 'to carry away from a place'. So take-away food is food you buy to 'take away' and eat somewhere else.