IN or OUT

You can't get here from there.

[D_Blackwell]

Crossword clue:

Dials Domino's, e.g. (9 letters)

The answer was 'ordersout'.

Is there a right, wrong, or preference?

Am I ordering in? Or am I ordering out? Is there a difference?

Exact match search for "order in" - 37,000,000 results.

Exact match search for "order out" - 1,090,000 results.

Of course, the results don't account for usage of exact matches, just the total number.

To everyone that doesn't cook, eat right from the box, or go out: Do you 'order in' or do you 'order out'?

[weeks]

Hmmm. Answer quick. If you think about, you'll get it wrong.

Order out. (Which means the crossword is wrong, because I'm most always out of sync.)

[grandpa]

If the crossword was wrong, then the other words would not fit. I order in and take out.

[creative craig]

I order in - alot of people say order a take out in South Africa.

[tonynoriega]

if someone was to "dial dominos" i would call it:
orders delivery

becuase i sure as heck am not going out to get it.

[weeks]

becuase i sure as heck am not going out to get it.

LOL

Yeah, we just gave up and cooked a meal.

[mcavic]

becuase i sure as heck am not going out to get it.

I always pick up Domino's, because it's faster, and a short drive. But from Papa John's, I get delivery, because I don't know where it is. :)

As for the original question, I don't really use either expression, but I wouldn't say "order in", so I'd have to go with order out.

[londrum]

if i'm in i order out a take out, but i take in a take away and take out the order away to where i took in the take out when i'm out.

[rj87uk]

I say: Order a take away.

[sgietz]

... and why do we park in driveways and drive in parkways?

[D_Blackwell]

TOS #14 (...and decent), though I have no problem it, and enjoy it very much, possibly includes the next one that I thought of. LOL
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I've decided that either 'order in' or order out' is okay and can be used interchangeably. I am ordering out to someone to bring me dinner. I am ordering a dinner to be brought in. Wonder if there is a regional difference? I use both expressions. Take-out is when I go get it and bring it home.

Are the 'take away' references from England, Europe, or both? If USA, then extremely regional.