: 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
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Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Or grab a quart to-go of The Soup Market’s cozy African peanut stew.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
When a huge object is being created to go on top of a tower that will get buffeted by strong winds, even small decisions can have big consequences.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Baristas—most of whom already felt overwhelmed—now have to wear a black T-shirt and pants, greet customers, scribble personalized messages on each to-go cup, and ideally hand over drinks within four minutes.
—Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Or grab a quart to-go of The Soup Market’s cozy African peanut stew.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Idiomatic phrase
And Marino recently met with me to go through his.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
When a huge object is being created to go on top of a tower that will get buffeted by strong winds, even small decisions can have big consequences.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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“To-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to-go. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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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
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