Collocation
order food
to ask for food from a restaurant or service, usually to eat at home or have delivered
Definition
'order food' is a common English collocation. to ask for food from a restaurant or service, usually to eat at home or have delivered
order + food
“We usually order food when we get home late.”
Examples
- Let's order food and watch a movie tonight.
- I am too tired to cook, so I will order food.
- She ordered food for the whole team after the meeting.
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- We ordered food online and it arrived in thirty minutes.
- Did you order food already, or should I do it?
- They often order food from the same Thai restaurant near campus.
- If you order food during rush hour, expect longer delivery times.
- Because the kitchen was closed, the hotel guests had to order food from outside.
- We decided to order food instead of going out, since it was raining heavily.
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