: 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

2 of 2

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

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Adjective
Flies swarmed the beer spouts and nearby wall (17 of them) and the front counter to-go order shelves (14). David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025 In 2020, when the legislature approved to-go cocktails, several regulations were put in place regarding their packaging for transport, The N&O previously reported. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
Idiomatic phrase
Oltmanns was in a parking lot of a Waffle House on West Rendon Crowley Road, and was preparing to go inside, when a man — identified by the outlets as 24-year-old Quindarius Cartwright — allegedly approached him and asked for money. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Especially as there’s more pressure than ever around this team to go deep in the playoffs. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to-go

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1953, in the meaning defined above

Idiomatic Phrase

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of to-go was in 1884

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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

Geographical Definition

Togo

geographical name

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 adjective or noun

Biographical Definition

Tōgō

biographical name

Marquis Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral
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