take-out

(noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises. Synonyms: takeout, takeout food, takeaway. Example: "In england they call takeout food `takeaway'."

(noun) (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit. Synonyms: takeout.

(verb) cause to leave. Synonyms: take out, move out, remove. Example: "The teacher took the children out of the classroom."

(verb) remove from its packing. Synonyms: unpack, take out. Example: "Unpack the presents."

(verb) take out or remove. Synonyms: take away, take out. Example: "Take out the chicken after adding the vegetables."

(verb) obtain by legal or official process. Synonyms: take out. Examples: "Take out a license." "Take out a patent."

(verb) make a date. Synonyms: ask out, invite out, take out. Example: "Has he asked you out yet?."

(verb) remove something from a container or an enclosed space. Synonyms: take out.

(verb) purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. Synonyms: take out, buy food.

(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source). Synonyms: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off. Examples: "She drew $2,000 from the account." "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank."

(verb) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. Synonyms: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out. Examples: "Draw a weapon." "Pull out a gun." "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim."

(verb) take liquid out of a container or well. Synonyms: draw, take out. Example: "She drew water from the barrel."

(verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. Synonyms: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out. Examples: "Pull weeds." "Extract a bad tooth." "Take out a splinter." "Extract information from the telegram."

(verb) buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food. Synonyms: take out, take away. Example: "We'll take out pizza, since i am too tired to cook."

(verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy. Synonyms: excerpt, extract, take out.

(verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted. Synonyms: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out. Examples: "The bad results were excluded from the report." "Leave off the top piece."

(adj) of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises. Synonyms: takeout, take-away. Examples: "Takeout pizza." "The takeout counter." "`take-away' is chiefly british."