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Discover LudwigThe phrase "go-to option" is correct and is used often in written English
It typically refers to something that is a reliable solution or default choice. For example, "For quick tasks with limited risk, my go-to option is to delegate to my assistant."
Idiom
Go-to guy.
A go-to guy is a person whose knowledge of something is considerable so everyone wants to go to him or her for information or results.
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This isn't a grossly defective bunch, but there is no "go-to" option.
"Flowers are the easy go-to option for any get well gift.
Nasi rames, combination plates, are the go-to option for anyone dining alone.
They became the go-to option; they stick to fabrics easily, don't lose pigmentation, and offer a limitless palette of colour options.
Keenan Allen (SD) vs. Jacksonville — With 15 receptions, 222 yards and 2 touchdowns on 21 targets over the last two weeks, it is quite clear that Allen is the new go-to option in the Chargers' passing game.
He can provide 25 points a night and a go-to option in the final minutes of a tight game, but he would not give the Knicks what they need most: a player who elevates everyone around him.
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Consider that Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordon are go-to options, Ryan Anderson has been injured much of the year and Dante Cunningham averages 25 minutes.
Warner immediately went to option No. 2, wide receiver Ricky Proehl.
"If you're going to option anything that's already popular, don't muck around with it too much".
"Again, he's been in the league long enough now and doubled enough and seeing all different things that [the Clippers] just go to option two.
I grew up always wanting options so that if something didn't work out, I could go to option A, B, or C. It wasn't until I convinced myself that if I didn't get The Normal Brand off the ground, I was in huge trouble, that things started moving.
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