to take out
19
2.6
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk aʊt/
- US
:
pedir para llevar
- This also means I can almost never order take out at home, and sometimes I miss doing that while watching Netflix.
- take out food
- take out pizza
- take out Chinese
And, you know, if, if sometimes we we do take out, sometimes we, you know, do some kind of prepared meal.
- And, you know, if, if sometimes we we do take out, sometimes we, you know, do some kind of prepared meal.
Examples
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Let's grab take out when we're done with this.
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- I, uh, do a lot of take out.
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Or brings home lots of take out for everyone.
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So they are at risk to provide the take out food that we who are working at home can enjoy.
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Sometimes we have take out from Spargo.
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It's Friday night, I have no plans besides eating my sushi take out and watching Netflix.
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Yesterday we all laughed together with our rented movies and take-out Chinese.
Fiction book (2000) -
But now they're doing take out and there's no line.
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Frankie's idea of cooking dinner is bringing home take-out food, with the family sitting in front of the television while they eat.
Academic text (2014) -
Where do you think we can get some dinner to take out with us?
Synonyms
5
2.4
To buy cooked food to eat somewhere else
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal sense of 'take' (remove/bring) + 'out' (away from home) naturally suggests bringing someone to a place, so learners who know both words can infer an invitation to go somewhere. However, the conventionalized pragmatic sense that this specifically implies a romantic date or social courting is not fully predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Take out (about food) comes from the idea of carrying food out of a restaurant to eat at home; you take the meal out instead of eating inside. So it means 'to buy prepared food to eat somewhere else'.