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to go

idiom
Meaning

Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.


Examples
SIMPLE

I would like a large coffee to go, please.

CONTEXTUAL

Since the restaurant was completely full, we ordered our dinner to go and ate at home.

COMPLEX

After a long day at the office, he stopped at the deli to purchase a sandwich to go before heading to the train station.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

Last updated April 17, 2026