: 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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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
There’s no need to bring Shake Shack to-go onto your next Delta Air Lines flight.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
At Willows, California, she was entertained at a local duck club and invited to go along on a duck shoot.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The pandemic sapped the lifeblood — taproom sales — from many operations, forcing them to lean more heavily on to-go vessels such as cans and bottles.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
There’s no need to bring Shake Shack to-go onto your next Delta Air Lines flight.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Idiomatic phrase
Kilman moved to West Ham on July 6, and the club knew that deal was likely to go through for a few weeks beforehand.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
At Willows, California, she was entertained at a local duck club and invited to go along on a duck shoot.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 22 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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