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Food meant to leave, or the one idea that refuses to.

means Either a meal bought to eat elsewhere, or the key point worth remembering from something.

from British and Commonwealth English, 1960s, literally food you take away from the shop; the figurative point you carry off arrived by metaphor.

American cousinIn the US it goes by takeout.
Meeting jargonCorporate decks abuse it relentlessly for action points.
Sports tooIn football, a takeaway means stealing the ball.
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