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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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

During special events in the city’s five existing entertainment zones, local businesses can sell alcohol in to-go containers that attendees can walk and sip. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

In the adjacent hotel lobby, a bookcase-like servery near the elevator bank is designed for picking up to-go orders. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026

Phrase

This, however, provides limited data about what occurs inside individual channels, which allows the smaller blockages to go unnoticed. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

While some landowners entered into contracts to build infrastructure, no permits had been submitted nor had any development begun, and the Kansas Supreme Court ultimately allowed the ban to go in place. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1953, in the meaning defined above

Phrase

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for to-go

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau

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)

Togolese

ˌtō-gə-ˈlēz 

-ˈlēs

adjective or noun

Biographical Definition

Tōgō

biographical name

Tō·​gō ˈtō-(ˌ)gō 

Marquis Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral