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

Quince has become our editors’ to-go retailer for snagging upscale finds, including cashmere sweaters, silk skirts, and fine leather handbags at a fraction of normal retail prices. —Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025

The Chiefs scored two fourth-down touchdowns in goal-to-go situations, yet there’s still enough other evidence to say Reid invoked his most conservative decision-making to date. —Kansas City Star, 28 Nov. 2025

Idiomatic phrase

But Rice was called for an offensive foul on the inbounds pass and the ball went back to Boise with six seconds to go. —Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025

So got to go back and watch the film and actually see what happened. —Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 25 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