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make a date
Idioms and Phrases
Arrange a meeting with someone, as in Let's get the department heads together and make a date for lunch next week , or I've made a date with Jean; can you join us? At first alluding only to social engagements, especially with a member of the opposite sex, this term, first recorded in 1876, is now used more broadly.Example Sentences
The last thing I do before closing my laptop is make a date with myself a year from now to do this review all over again.
Dear Carolyn: My son will make a date to call or visit, then cancel at the last minute.
For her, conversational reciprocity could be enough to make a date remarkable.
Though they do their own workouts, they’ll grab a coffee or a snack together beforehand and make a date of it.
This time, they make a date to meet at a cafe, a promise they involuntarily don’t keep.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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