: 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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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
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The teen appeared to go makeup free and tied her hair back with the help of some clips.
—Effie Orfanides, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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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
Mindy then developed it for about a year before wanting to go in a different direction.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The teen appeared to go makeup free and tied her hair back with the help of some clips.
—Effie Orfanides, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 4 Mar. 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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