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grab and go

grab and go

1 3.7
Food or drinks you buy to eat quickly away from a shop
  • adjective
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  • 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.

Examples

  • 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.

  • It's kind of like a, I don't know, like modern grab and go Indian cuisine.

  • Choose from quick breakfast items, lunch to go, grab and go snacks and ready to drink cold pressed juices, shakes and smoothies.

  • Jerky, sausage or biscuits packed with cheese and olives all made for convenient grab and go options.

  • Many people rely on grab-and-go meals for lunch during their busy workdays.

  • The convenience store offers a variety of tasty grab-and-go sandwiches and snacks.

  • For breakfast, I often choose a grab-and-go smoothie to enjoy on my way to class.

Synonyms

carryout
vsgrab and go
  • US
3 2.7

Food sold to take away and eat somewhere else or a shop that sells it

focuses on immediate purchase and eating rather than sales or place
take-away
vsgrab and go
  • UK
1 2.3

Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop

emphasizes quick, convenient buying and immediate consumption
takeout
vsgrab and go
  • US
2.0

Food or drink meant to be eaten somewhere else

focuses on immediate purchase and eating when people are in a hurry

Antonyms

21 3.6

A formal meal or meeting where people sit together to talk

How Convenient

grab and go
1 3.7
ready-to-eat
8 2.8
takeaway
  • UK
5 1.5
sit-down
21 3.6

Surface Forms

grab and go positive

Morphology

grab + and + go

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.