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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 out — food 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