: 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
Cecilia Hae-Jin Leeto go
2 of 2idiomatic 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
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Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Vivek even sells bottles of it to-go because so many people want to make it at home.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Pablo Torre is also expected to go, and follow a similar route to Victor. Barcelona would like to have the player at hand to return if he is sold.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Adjective
Tree House outgrew that spot as well with lines stretching for hours just to buy to-go beer, especially of their New England style IPAs.
—Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Vivek even sells bottles of it to-go because so many people want to make it at home.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Idiomatic phrase
Final renovation design work will be completed this summer, and the project is expected to go to bid in the fall, district documents said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Pablo Torre is also expected to go, and follow a similar route to Victor. Barcelona would like to have the player at hand to return if he is sold.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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Togo
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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
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