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Dinner you order, carry, and pretend you almost cooked.

means Restaurant food packaged to eat somewhere else, usually home in stretchy pants.

from American English, 1940s, from take outfood literally taken out the door, a verb that grew up into a noun.

British cousinBrits call it takeaway, same regret, different spelling
Container eraThe classic paper carton debuted around 1894 for oysters
Top orderPizza remains the world's most carried-out meal
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