Please Prepare a Takeout Bag for Us: How to Use Politely

Meaning 1：Request a takeout bag (Please prepare a takeout bag for us)

Please prepare a takeout bag for us 🔊

/pliːz prɪˈpeər ə ˈteɪkaʊt bæɡ fɔːr ʌs/

phrase

A polite request for the restaurant to put leftover food in a bag to take away.

Customer requesting a takeout bag from waiter at restaurant table

Request a takeout bag 🔊

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/rɪˈkwest ə ˈteɪkaʊt bæɡ/

phrase

To politely ask a restaurant staff to provide a bag for leftover food to take home.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Combines polite marker 'please', verb 'prepare', noun phrase 'takeout bag', and pronoun 'us'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think: you say 'please' to a waiter, they 'prepare' a bag for you to 'take out' leftovers for 'us'.

📖 Example

After our family dinner at the restaurant, my mom said to the server, "Please prepare a takeout bag for us," so we could enjoy the delicious leftovers tomorrow. 🔊 After our family dinner at the restaurant, my mom said to the server, "Please prepare a takeout bag for us," so we could enjoy the delicious leftovers tomorrow.

🔗 Collocations

prepare a takeout bag – to make a bag ready for taking food away

ask for a takeout bag – to request a bag for leftovers

request a takeout bag – to politely ask for a takeout bag

🔄 Synonyms

ask for a doggy bag (phrase) – A colloquial way to request leftover packaging.

request a to-go bag (phrase) – Similar polite request for a bag to take food home.

🚫 Antonyms

dine in (phrasal verb) – To eat at the restaurant instead of taking food home.

📖 Cultural Story

Originated from American dining practice of taking leftovers home. Common in restaurants since mid-20th century, often as a polite request for a 'doggy bag'.