Takeaways · Food and eating
order a takeaway
buy takeaway food
To order a takeaway is to ask a restaurant to prepare food for collection or delivery.
This vs that
We ordered a takeaway.
We cooked dinner.
Hear it in real life
Shall we order a takeaway?
Yes, but let's get something lighter this time.
We were too tired to cook, so we decided to order a takeaway.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Order a takeaway' is the normal British phrase for this everyday plan.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Let's make a takeaway tonight.
Say: Let's order a takeaway tonight.
Use 'order' when buying prepared takeaway food.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
order a takeaway; order a takeaway from somewhere
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about takeaways.
pick up a ___
I'll pick up a curry on my way home.
get it delivered
Let's get it delivered tonight.
Takeaways words
Food and eating · Takeaways: the words around “order a takeaway”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
We decided to order a takeaway.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
order a takeaway
buy takeaway food
“We were too tired to cook, so we decided to order a takeaway.”
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