| Ordered delivery, say | 21 |
| Had leftovers, for instance | 27 |
| Had dinner delivered | 20 |
| Had a meal at home | 18 |
| Got take-out | 12 |
| Eschewed the restaurant | 23 |
| Eschewed diner food | 19 |
| Called for a pizza | 18 |
| Called for a pie, perhaps | 25 |
| Brought home takeout | 20 |
| Brought back takeout | 20 |
| Arranged a dinner at home | 25 |
| Used one's dinner table, say | 32 |
| Used one's dinner table | 27 |
| Used one's dining room | 26 |
| Took home courses? | 18 |
| Took courses at home | 20 |
| Saved on supper, one would hope | 31 |
| Put away one's own groceries? | 33 |
| Picked up pizza, say | 20 |
| Partook of a home-cooked meal | 29 |
| Ordered room service, say | 25 |
| Ordered room service, for example | 33 |
| Ordered pizza, perhaps | 22 |
| Ordered Chinese maybe | 22 |
| Nuked some leftovers, probably | 30 |
| Made a sandwich, say | 20 |
| Had some home cooking | 21 |
| Had pot luck, perhaps | 21 |
| Had pizza delivered, say | 24 |
| Had pizza delivered, maybe | 26 |
| Had microwaved leftovers, say | 29 |
| Had leftovers, e.g. | 19 |
| Had food delivered | 18 |
| Had food brought to the room | 28 |
| Had a TV dinner, say | 20 |
| Had a TV dinner, e.g. | 21 |
| Had a traditional Thanksgiving, say | 35 |
| Had a quiet dinner | 18 |
| Had a pizza delivered, say | 26 |
| Had a pizza delivered, e.g. | 27 |
| Had a homemade meal | 19 |
| Had a dinner at home | 20 |
| Had a candlelit dinner at home | 30 |
| Had a bite at home | 18 |
| Got takeout, perhaps | 20 |
| Got takeout, maybe | 18 |
| Got delivery | 12 |
| Fressed at the hearthside | 25 |
| Forwent the bar and grill | 25 |
| Eschewed takeout, say | 21 |
| Eschewed reservations, perhaps | 30 |
| Enjoyed some home cooking | 25 |
| Dined wearing pajamas | 21 |
| Dined àla maison | 24 |
| Didn't take out? | 20 |
| Didn't run out for dinner | 29 |
| Didn't leave for lunch | 26 |
| Didn't go out to a restaurant | 33 |
| Didn't go anywhere for dinner | 33 |
| Didn't do takeout | 21 |
| Didn't dine at the diner | 28 |
| Didn't chicken out? | 23 |
| Did not dine out | 16 |
| Declined a restaurant offer | 27 |
| Cooked at home | 14 |
| Canceled a reservation, maybe | 29 |
| Called for pizza, say | 21 |
| Brought something home, perhaps | 31 |
| Brought home pizza, say | 23 |
| Brought home pizza, e.g. | 24 |
| Brought home burgers, e.g. | 26 |
| Boycotted the brasserie | 23 |
| Avoided restaurants | 19 |
| Chipped away at | 15 |
| Etched | 6 |
| Diminished gradually | 20 |
| Destroyed little by little | 26 |
| Decreased, as profits | 21 |
| Used up in part | 15 |
| Used part of | 12 |
| Took up some of | 15 |
| Took some of | 12 |
| Took away bit by bit | 20 |
| Slowly eroded | 13 |
| Partly depleted | 15 |
| Eroded, as profits | 18 |
| Eroded from the outside | 23 |
| Diminished slowly | 17 |
| Destroyed gradually | 19 |
| Bit off parts of | 16 |
| Swallowed a loss | 16 |
| Took a tumble | 13 |
| Took the loss | 13 |
| Bit the dust | 12 |
| Absorbed the loss | 17 |
| Failed in a big way | 19 |
| Suffered defeat, slangily | 25 |
| Did a faceplant | 15 |
| Absorbed the cost, slangily | 27 |