How to Use to-go in a Sentence

to-go

1 of 2 adjective
  • But, fear not: All the food here is served in to-go boxes.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • The stay was brief, and the coffee to-go — the Panthers were on their way to the Elbo Room.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • The milk is hot and ready to pour into the to-go mug once the second pod is done.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Flies swarmed the beer spouts and nearby wall (17 of them) and the front counter to-go order shelves (14).
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Share a meal or ask for a to-go box to save part of your meal for later.
    Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The ice cream can be served in a dog bowl, cone, waffle bowl or to-go cup.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That could mean a scoop of ice cream, a sandwich to-go, or a carton of eggs to take home.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The first guy ordered five tacos de carne guisada, two for here and three to-go.
    Marco Torres, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The shop sells to-go meals and unique pantry items alongside a daily grab & go deli menu.
    Alex Darus, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The restaurant also serves lunch and dinner for dine-in or to-go.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
  • So foam to-go and meat containers can go in but they must be rinsed.
    Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The farm stand is open for to-go purchases and The Cider Bar has hard cider ready for drinking.
    Laura Barrero, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Put your leftover, about-to-go-stale sourdough to good use.
    Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
  • One to-go cup buyer will win a one-year supply of Cold Brew Pods.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2024
  • For people on the move, to-go kits should contain three days of supplies.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • For late-night dimsums, all-day kaya toasts, and pillowy roll cakes to-go.
    Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • Since there are no seats inside, this shop is best for to-go orders.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Grab a to-go meal and enjoy it in the park's shaded seating area or on the sunny lawn.
    Vicki Salemi, Chron, 21 Feb. 2023
  • What to expect: The 700-square-foot shop will mostly serve to-go orders.
    Laura Barrero, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The wind threatened to scatter the white clamshell to-go containers on the table.
    Jordan P. Hickey, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The other thing is to-go coffee cups, which are lined with plastic.
    Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Enjoy your slice on the front porch and watch shoppers descend on the Square, or take it to-go on a picnic.
    Rona Berg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Vivek even sells bottles of it to-go because so many people want to make it at home.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
  • The new dine-in and to-go restaurant in Shawnee seeks to serve handmade pasta, sandwiches, soups and desserts on the fly.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The bake can be made to-go or catered; add-ons include shrimp cocktail, oysters on the half shell, and cheese platters.
    Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2024
  • The deal does not apply to gift cards, alcohol or to-go orders.
    Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • Others shifted to takeout food and to-go cocktails but still had to cut staff.
    Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Here are more than 18 places offering dine-in or to-go meals around town just in time for Valentine's Day.
    The Courier-Journal, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The largest of the lower-level shops (at 5,300 square feet) in the main retail thoroughfare, will offer books, souvenirs, toys, and to-go food and drink.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Among those were flies landing on a clean wine glass, clean dish plate, to-go plates, to-go bags and a waffle iron, and seven flies zipping around glassware.
    Miami Herald, 14 July 2025

to go

2 of 2 idiomatic phrase
  • The tree is ready to go straight from the box with some light fluffing.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • There’s also the sense that there is nowhere else to go.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The Witts are the ninth father-son duo to be first-round picks — the first to go in the first three picks.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The game paused with five minutes to go in the second half.
    Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
  • Drill rap is a dead end that artists no longer need to go down.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The ultimate goal for those kids is still to go back to the city in the long run.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Your gut instinct tells you when to run, to hide, to come, to go.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The price of some flights are likely to go up as a result of AI.
    Scott Keyes, Time, 23 July 2025
  • The first hand to go in the air was that of Vivek Ramaswamy, who has promised to pardon Trump.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • We are all trapped in our homes and have been told not to go outside.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Time to go on the hunt, even with an IPO-sized elephant in the room to contend with.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Still, the Blue Jays would need to go find a true closer to pitch the ninth inning.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Her wish is to go to Riverdale just one more time to relive her youth.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Kings still had a chance to tie the game, but Barnes missed a 3-pointer with 18.1 seconds to go.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Yet telling people to go to the doctor wasn’t the answer.
    Meg Dunn, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The teen appeared to go makeup free and tied her hair back with the help of some clips.
    Effie Orfanides, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Trying to go back to the Spelling Bee? Want to learn more about bees?
    New York Times Games, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • So King knew that the only way to win was to go down the line, her weakest shot.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune, 29 June 2025
  • Choose from 12 sizes, two of which have a contour to go around the base of your toilet.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The lawsuit continues to move through the courts and is poised to go to trial in the fall.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • Phillips said the companies would need to go back to the drawing board.
    Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Ma-scare-a. When do ghosts like to go trick or treating?
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • To find providers, taxpayers need to go to IRS.gov/freefile.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
  • Most Black residents did not have the means to go out to eat, Dwight said.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 8 June 2024
  • The actors were about to go on strike the day after we were supposed to wrap.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024
  • That has to be a very healing process, as well, to get to be able to go back through your life like that.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • One of the reasons this worked so well is that Love is always a threat to go to the rim — 30% of his shots are at the rim.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • After that, something told me not to go back to New York.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Try to grab a spot at one of the deli’s outdoor tables or take your sandwich to go and eat it along the water.
    Michele Becker, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The question is whether these Yankees can put it together with 50 games to go.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025

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