takeaway

(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I bought a takeaway curry.

A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner.

2005, Amsterdam, Time Out, page 129, The wonderful, and deeply filling, world of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) has its greatest champion in this takeaway, one of the very few that still features proper homemade meat and fish salads in your bun, rather than the almost ubiquitous factory prepared product that′s taken over the sandwich market.

A meal which has been purchased and has been carefully packaged as to be taken and consumed elsewhere.

I fancy an Indian takeaway tonight.

Good Italian cuisine & friendly service. Also does takeaways, including pizza.

The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.

One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path).

Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway.

A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.

An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.

For example, one of the big takeaways for myself (even though I know better) is when I don′t review my goals daily I get sucked into what′s currently happening and easily get distracted from what′s most important.

2010, Scott Monty, Foreword, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, page xvi, A strength of this book is Qualman′s ability to take complex issues and break them into easily digestible takeaways through the use of real world examples and analogies.