Collocation
order food
Definition
to ask for food from a restaurant or service, usually to eat at home or have delivered
'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 on Fridays.”
Examples
- I'm too tired to cook, so I'll _____ food tonight.
- We often _____ food when we watch a movie at home.
- She _____ food from her favorite Thai restaurant.
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- Yesterday we _____ food instead of going out.
- If it rains, we can _____ food and stay in.
- He usually _____ food online during his lunch break.
- They have already _____ food, so we don't need to make dinner.
- We were going to cook, but we ended up _____ food at the last minute.
- By the time I got home, my roommates had _____ food for everyone.
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