Madhulk  +  497319 Sun, 06 Apr 08 06:15 PM  - All right. Can I get something to eat? - It has to be to go. What does the second person mean? Perhaps "You need to eat if you want to keep yourself alive"?  Madhulk Joined on Mon, Dec 17 2007 Bulgaria Senior Member 3,177 THE MAN OF STEEL

	Grammar Geek  +  497321 Sun, 06 Apr 08 06:18 PM When you get food "to go" it means you take it out of the restaurant to eat later. This person is saying that whatever they get to eat, they have to get it in carry-out containers, and not sit at a restaurant to eat it.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!