grab and go
- adjective
- Factor can help you feel your best all day long with wholesome smoothies, breakfasts, grab and go snacks and more add-ons.
- grab and go breakfast
- grab and go snack
- grab and go food
Factor can help you feel your best all day long with wholesome smoothies, breakfasts, grab and go snacks and more add-ons.
- Factor can help you feel your best all day long with wholesome smoothies, breakfasts, grab and go snacks and more add-ons.
Examples
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People with celiac have so few options for eating out, and not much that's easy to grab and go.
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It's, it's a raw nutrition and it's kiosks in it's like grab and go kiosk, all really high vibe food.
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It's kind of like a, I don't know, like modern grab and go Indian cuisine.
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Choose from quick breakfast items, lunch to go, grab and go snacks and ready to drink cold pressed juices, shakes and smoothies.
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Jerky, sausage or biscuits packed with cheese and olives all made for convenient grab and go options.
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Many people rely on grab-and-go meals for lunch during their busy workdays.
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The convenience store offers a variety of tasty grab-and-go sandwiches and snacks.
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For breakfast, I often choose a grab-and-go smoothie to enjoy on my way to class.
Synonyms
Food sold to take away and eat somewhere else or a shop that sells it
Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop
Food or drink meant to be eaten somewhere else
Antonyms
How Convenient
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'grab' (take quickly) + 'go' (leave) yields the idea of something you can take away immediately. This motion/transactional logic is straightforward and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase grab and go paints a simple picture: you grab a ready item and go out the door. That's why it describes food made to buy and 'take away' for people in a hurry.