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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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

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The Ultra Deluxe set includes a base blender, two 32-oz cups, two 24-oz cups (one with a handle), three to-go lids, four metal straws, and a cleaning brush. —Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025

Sacramento County health inspectors closed the Elk Grove high school kitchen after discovering 150 rodent droppings in 17 locations including on the pizza stone, the bottom shelf in the cook’s line and the lids of the to-go boxes under the salad bar. —Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025

Idiomatic phrase

Caesar may rise again—in the love of young comics willing to push themselves, and their audiences, further than either wants to go. —David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Brice loves to go fishing Brice has a passion for fishing. —Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1953, in the meaning defined above

Idiomatic 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), population 8,176,000

Togolese

ˌtō-gə-ˈlēz 

-ˈlēs

adjective or noun

Biographical Definition

Tōgō

biographical name

Tō·​gō ˈtō-(ˌ)gō 

Marquis Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral