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Hello,what does get an order of food mean ? Receive an order or make an order ?

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AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgNovember 2021
”to get an order of sth” = to receive sth that you have ordered.

So, ”get an order of food” = receive food that you have ordered.

More often used in American English.
  • AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgNovember 2021
    I’ve heard an American I know specifically use the phrase ”get an order of food” in a restaurant. So, it seems to collocate for at least part of the US, although perhaps not for the Midwest.

    This person had primarily lived in the southern part of the US, but in a few different states and also the West Coast. So, I can’t pin down an exact location here where it is used.
  • Justwondering profile picture JustwonderingNovember 2021
    You can use it for either, as long as you use the right tense (future, present, past).

    Your question has two parts.

    First, ”get” means that you will get them in the future. ”Got” means you’ve received them.

    It could mean you are physically going to get it (”I’ll go get an order of fries”). You could also use the phrase when you are ordering (”let’s see, I’ll get...”).
    So in that sense the answer would be both, you can use the word for planning to physically obtaining the food and for planning to order the food. The point is that to use ”get,” the events would have to happen in the future. You can use ”I’m getting” for either if they are happening now and ”got” for either if they happened in the past.

    A side note:
    You probably wouldn’t ever say ”get an order of food.” You would say something like ”get an order of fries,” but maybe that’s what you meant.
sajad123 profile picture sajad123November 2021
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