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

Good Start Packaging makes straws, utensils and to-go containers for restaurants and federal facilities. —Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025

Plus: Breweries also want to eliminate the daily cap on to-go sales, another revenue source. —Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025

Idiomatic phrase

When Deryn Russell and her partner were working remotely in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, enjoying the sunshine and surf, things started to go downhill. —Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025

But Ashley is primed and ready to go, using her forces of chaos for good and teeing up Jassi and Stacey to confront her over a girl’s trip to Miami for Mia’s 40th birthday gone wrong. —Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025

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