Take Out

I had run into her various times; at the mail boxes, the elevators, even picking up take-out from the Chinese restaurant down the street. ❋ Jessie Galioto-Grebe (2011)

The kitchen counters were flecked with congealed food and caved-in Chinese take-out cartons. ❋ Ann Beattie (2000)

The compostable utensils and take-out boxes had been particularly unpopular among the staffers, lawmakers and others who frequent the House eateries, who noted that the cornstarch silverware would easily break or melt and the boxes would leak. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Subtract another 100 or more calories per spaghetti dinner or Chinese take-out meal. ❋ M.D. James Beckerman (2011)

Similarly, the family will probably have to pay someone else to clean the house and cook meals restaurants and take-out services. ❋ Dr. Sasha Galbraith (2011)

Or doing a variation on one of Newhart's classic telephone gags from his stand-up prime, as he calls "Willie Wong's Wok" for take-out only to learn it's become "Bernie's Burritos" in his absence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The same holds true for plastic bags that contain greasy take-out, plastic plates, straws, the plastic filters in cigarettes, and plastic utensils. ❋ Lisa Kaas Boyle (2011)

Quality was so good you still usually had to do the take-out deal, as the tables were full with a waiting line. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* French fries from a modest take-out storefront or candied almonds freshly and aromatically cooked by Arabs working Blvd.St. Michel on Paris´ Left Bank ❋ Unknown (2009)

We nixed going out for dinner where we had planned, and had Italian take-out from a place at Plaza del Sol. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unless you live in New York, take-out and delivery options are pretty much limited to pizza and Chinese food. ❋ M.D. James Beckerman (2011)

To the editor, this was apparently evidenced by the fact that Roseanne Connor lived in a small house in Illinois and worked at a take-out chicken restaurant. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

Meanwhile, company "perks" offered to employees, such as take-out meals and car service, had gradually blurred the lines between work and life. ❋ Leslie Kwoh (2012)

Give everyone two trash bags; one is for any trash or recyclables that might be lying around the house—empty take-out food containers, old newspapers or magazines, soiled and unusable clothing. ❋ Peter Walsh (2011)