to go

See also: togo, Togo, and Tōgo

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

to go

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

   I'd like two burgers, two small orders of fries and two shakes, to go.

2. (idiomatic) Remaining. To finish. (In a group of events or items) belonging to the subgroup that have not passed or have not been finished or have not been addressed yet.

   In my country, we go to public school for 12 years, and I have three more years to go.

   Right now, out of four bicycles, that's two down and two to go.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to,‎ go.

Usage notes

Contrasted with for here or to stay, as used at restaurants that offer food for both on-premises and off-premises consumption.

Synonyms

• carryout (Scotland, US)
• takeaway (British, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand)
• takeout (North America)

Antonyms

• eat in (British)
• for here (North America)
• have here (New Zealand)
• to stay

Translations

served in a takeout container

• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mukaan (fi)
• German: zum Mitnehmen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 持ち帰り (mochikaeri)
• Spanish: para llevar
• Swedish: ta med (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

remaining

• Finnish: jäljellä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: kvar (sv)

References

• “to go”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• GOTO, Goto, go to, go-to, goot, goto