Food & eating

go-to dish

reliable favourite meal chosen regularly

A meal you often choose because you like it and know it is easy or reliable.

B2 common mostly spoken

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What do you cook when you have no ideas?

Stir-fried noodles are my go-to dish.

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Omelettes are my go-to dish when I need to make dinner quickly.

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Not: Pasta is my going-to dish.

Say: Pasta is my go-to dish.

The fixed adjective is go-to, not going-to.

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my go-to dish; a go-to dish

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Omelettes are my go-to dish when I need to make dinner quickly.

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go-to dish

reliable favourite meal chosen regularly

“Omelettes are my go-to dish when I need to make dinner quickly.”

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