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order in

verb
  1. To call and place an order for food to be delivered.
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She was going to the butcher’s, she told me, on purpose to order in some meat on Wednesday, and she has got three couple of ducks just fit to be killed.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 308 · B2
“Speak, sir, and pray begin at the beginning; I like order in everything.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 96 · C1
He then took Peppino aside, gave him an order in a low voice, and Peppino went away, taking with him a torch, brought with them in the carriage.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 401 · C1
“To repeat these signs.” Monte Cristo took a paper from his pocket, upon which were drawn three signs, with numbers to indicate the order in which they were to be worked.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 651 · C1

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