- 1(also carry-out) [uncountable] food that is cooked and sold by a store or restaurant that you take away and eat somewhere else I don't want to cook tonight, let's just get some takeout.
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- 2[countable] a restaurant that sells food that is cooked and that you take away and eat somewhere else
a takeout restaurant a takeout dinner
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