to-go

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adjective

tə-ˈgō 

: of, relating to, or providing food or beverages consumed away from their place of sale : take-out

a to-go order

to-go boxes/containers

This is mostly a take-out joint, and Filipinos in the know trickle in all day for a to-go lunch, dinner or breakfast.

—Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee

to go

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idiomatic phrase

1

: still remaining

There are five minutes to go before halftime.

There's only one week to go until election day.

2

of food and beverages : for consumption away from its place of sale

They ordered their lunches to go.

You stop at the corner for a doughnut and coffee to go.

—Jay McInerney

Examples of to-go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

La Madeleine: Members of the Bonjour Rewards loyalty program get 30% off their entire purchase from Friday to Monday, when ordering through the app for dine-in or to-go. —Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024

Also available are Thanksgiving packages to-go, hot or cold, featuring all of the classic offerings. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024

Idiomatic phrase

His absence changed the math for the Seahawks, who lined up to go for it on fourth-and-6 from their own 33-yard line. —Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024

The same way Delta Air Lines would very much like somebody to go directly to Delta.com and not go to us first. —Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1953, in the meaning defined above

Idiomatic Phrase

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Togo

geographical name

To·​go ˈtō-(ˌ)gō 

republic in western Africa on the Bight of Benin; capital Lomé area 21,925 square miles (56,785 square kilometers), population 8,176,000

Togolese

ˌtō-gə-ˈlēz 

-ˈlēs

adjective or noun

Biographical Definition

Tōgō

biographical name

Tō·​gō ˈtō-(ˌ)gō 

Marquis Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral