: 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
Jay McInerneyExamples of to-go in a Sentence
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
At the nearby Jersey Mike’s Subs at 1664 Main St., Suite D, store manager Taylor Leary said the sandwich shop offered a variety of small sandwiches wrapped to-go, including their ham and turkey, veggie, Italian, Cali Club and Club Subs.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Bond markets likely expect demand for treasuries to go up with massive new deficits.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Adjective
The restaurant also serves lunch and dinner for dine-in or to-go.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
At the nearby Jersey Mike’s Subs at 1664 Main St., Suite D, store manager Taylor Leary said the sandwich shop offered a variety of small sandwiches wrapped to-go, including their ham and turkey, veggie, Italian, Cali Club and Club Subs.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Idiomatic phrase
The bottom of Keller’s batting order did much of the damage as Jon Frey, Trevor Sumrall and Luke Hamm combined to go 6-for-9 with five runs scored, three walks and two runs batted in.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Bond markets likely expect demand for treasuries to go up with massive new deficits.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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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
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