take out
IPA: tˈeɪkˈaʊt
noun
- Misspelling of takeout. [(Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.]
verb
- To remove.
- To escort someone on a date.
- (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
- (slang, idiomatic) To kill or destroy.
- (colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
- (transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
takeout
IPA: tˈeɪkaʊt
noun
- (Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
- (curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play.
- (bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
- (television) A detailed news segment.
adjective
- (Canada, US) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
take-out
IPA: tˈeɪkˈaʊt
Root Word: Take-out
noun
- A take-out or takeout (U.S., Canada, and the Philippines); carry-out or to-go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. and Canada); takeaway (England, Wales, Australia, Lebanon, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and occasionally in North America); takeaways (India, New Zealand); grab-n-go; and parcel (Bangladesh, and Pakistan) is a prepared meal or other food items, purchased at a restaurant or fast food outlet with the intent to eat elsewhere.
Examples of "takeout" in Sentences
Examples of "take-out" in Sentences
- The kitchen counters were flecked with congealed food and caved-in Chinese take-out cartons.
- Quality was so good you still usually had to do the take-out deal, as the tables were full with a waiting line.
- Similarly, the family will probably have to pay someone else to clean the house and cook meals restaurants and take-out services.
- I had run into her various times; at the mail boxes, the elevators, even picking up take-out from the Chinese restaurant down the street.
- Meanwhile, company "perks" offered to employees, such as take-out meals and car service, had gradually blurred the lines between work and life.
- The same holds true for plastic bags that contain greasy take-out, plastic plates, straws, the plastic filters in cigarettes, and plastic utensils.