How to Use to-go in a Sentence

to-go

1 of 2 adjective
  • The milk is hot and ready to pour into the to-go mug once the second pod is done.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The ice cream can be served in a dog bowl, cone, waffle bowl or to-go cup.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The first guy ordered five tacos de carne guisada, two for here and three to-go.
    Marco Torres, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The shop sells to-go meals and unique pantry items alongside a daily grab & go deli menu.
    Alex Darus, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • So foam to-go and meat containers can go in but they must be rinsed.
    Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Put your leftover, about-to-go-stale sourdough to good use.
    Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Grab a to-go meal and enjoy it in the park's shaded seating area or on the sunny lawn.
    Vicki Salemi, Chron, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The wind threatened to scatter the white clamshell to-go containers on the table.
    Jordan P. Hickey, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The other thing is to-go coffee cups, which are lined with plastic.
    Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Others shifted to takeout food and to-go cocktails but still had to cut staff.
    Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Here are more than 18 places offering dine-in or to-go meals around town just in time for Valentine's Day.
    The Courier-Journal, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But the problem doesn’t stop with snail slime; there are allegedly fake brand-name perfumes and trendy to-go cups.
    WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • More droppings were on top of to-go containers and on the floor under the containers.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
  • That changed with the waivers, which allowed families to pick up multiple days’ worth of to-go meals to bring home to their kids.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • The House bill would extend cocktails-to-go for another year.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • However, our to-go favorites often come with a huge side of waste.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Both the Greenwich Village and Bed-Stuy shops have no seating inside and are built for to-go orders.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The jar doubles as a to-go cup with a matching lid, making mornings smoother than ever.
    Poppy Morgan, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Video shows Ricci dropping his keys and a to-go drink and, in seconds, pulling a handgun from his waist and shooting as the men ran away.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Orange Chicken Make your favorite to-go order in the comfort of your own kitchen.
    Katelyn Lunders, Country Living, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The events will also feature a variety of sides and to-go items and $10 Easter baskets for sale.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Bars, liquor stores and restaurants can sell to-go cocktails with the proper licenses.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • At least as far as a burger to-go or a quick coffee order goes, Meyer seems to disagree.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2023
  • State leaders changed the law to allow restaurants to sell to-go drinks and permit beer and wine sales on Sunday mornings.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The restaurant now has an app, and many locations offer both a drive-thru and parking lot to-go stations.
    Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Customers can choose from two to-go meals, each serving six people.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • It’s not really featured on the show, but in the back of the kitchen is a to-go window, and that’s Ebraheim’s [Edwin Lee Gibson] station.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • Is there, like, a ready-to-go army or civil defense that’s in all the different tissues looking for any kind of trouble?
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Get extra creative by filling plastic to-go cups with salads, snacks, and more.
    Andrea Crowley, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Though the restaurants’ to-go business has surged, at Shun Lee Palace on a recent Monday, only eight guests were there for lunch, in a dining room that seats 125.
    Katherine Rosman Justin J Wee, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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to go

2 of 2 idiomatic phrase
  • The Witts are the ninth father-son duo to be first-round picks — the first to go in the first three picks.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The first hand to go in the air was that of Vivek Ramaswamy, who has promised to pardon Trump.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Time to go on the hunt, even with an IPO-sized elephant in the room to contend with.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Her wish is to go to Riverdale just one more time to relive her youth.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Kings still had a chance to tie the game, but Barnes missed a 3-pointer with 18.1 seconds to go.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Yet telling people to go to the doctor wasn’t the answer.
    Meg Dunn, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Choose from 12 sizes, two of which have a contour to go around the base of your toilet.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That has to be a very healing process, as well, to get to be able to go back through your life like that.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • One of the reasons this worked so well is that Love is always a threat to go to the rim — 30% of his shots are at the rim.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And, last but not least, the Fashion Awards was the perfect place to go brunette spotting.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
  • For $49, this pass allows seniors to go straight from the car to the lift all season long.
    Roger Sands, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And yet some decided to go anyway and just take on the loans.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The last time Fox aired the Emmys, in 2019, the network opted to go without a host.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In 2073, rap is considered the highest among the fine arts, so the hip hop artists are the last to go to auction.
    C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Her doctor’s advice was to go outside and sit in the sun, but even that was tough.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Mystik Dan, with a smart ride up the rail, had pulled to about a three-length lead with about a sixteenth of a mile to go.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
  • So, when Emmanuel Rivera hit a grounder to short, Trea Turner was forced to go home.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s where to go to enjoy the best après-ski—and how to make the most of your après-ski experience.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Then one fateful night in August, Ernestine and I are about to go to bed.
    Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The pair emerged from a field of six Republicans to go head to head in the runoff where Klick beat Lowe by nearly 10%.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Curious, as an adult, Phelan was able to go inside the tire and record a video.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
  • But right now, it -- and 58 days to go until the New Hampshire primary.
    ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • One of the most alluring traits of any Ferrari is that since the beginning they’ve been built to go fast.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Bennett had hoped to go home and see his beloved dog, Lucky, but about 40 days after the surgery, his son said, the donor heart started to fail.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • My two children love staying there and always beg to go back.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • There's no worse way to go out — well, other than a voluntary quit.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 May 2023
  • The pair attempted to go to Gaza but were refused entry.
    WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
  • How are things in Malmö with just a few days to go before the two semi-finals and grand final of the 2024 contest?
    Fred Bronson, Billboard, 3 May 2024
  • Print out some pictures to go with them for an extra special gift.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The case is expected to go to trial before the same three-judge panel next year.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2023

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