grab-and-go

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grab-and-go

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informal, not comparable That can be quickly prepared or acquired and taken away. The take at McDonald’s: $24 billion. But Pret a Manger — the name means “ready to eat” in French — is slowly expanding in New York and other American cities with its own brand of grab-and-go food and, more significantly, a fresh approach to fast-food service.
informal, not comparable Easily portable. A grab-and-go telescope is an appropriate choice. For example, if the previous telescope was a 12.5-in. Newtonian, 12-in. SCT or larger telescope, consider downsizing to a 90 mm refractor or a 6-in.
Similar: carriable, handcarried, totable, bearable, fieldable, grab-and-go, portable, portatile, portative, shiftable, transportable

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@misc{grab_and_go_2026,
  title = {grab-and-go},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grab-and-go},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}