collocation · informal
order takeout
UK/ˈɔːdə ˈteɪkˌaʊt/US/ˈɔrdər ˈteɪkaʊt/order TAKE·out
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to ask a restaurant to send food for you to eat at home
Examples
“We often order takeout when we're too tired to cook.”
“I ordered Chinese takeout for dinner.”
“It's faster to order takeout than to cook a full meal on weeknights.”
Band 8 sentence
“On hectic weeknights it's common for families to order takeout rather than spend time preparing elaborate meals.”
Collocations
- order takeout for dinner
- call to order takeout
Word family
order verb/nountakeout nountakeaway noun (UK)
Common mistakes
order a takeout→order takeout
order takeaway→order takeout
Say it for a higher band
5get food to go→6order takeaway→7+order takeout
Synonyms
order takeaway
Easily confused
eat out
“We decided to eat out instead of ordering takeout last night.”
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