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dine out

verb

  1. to dine away from home, esp in a restaurant
  2. foll by on to have dinner at the expense of someone else mainly for the sake of one's knowledge or conversation about (a subject or story)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Is it kosher to dine out when somebody somewhere might be hungry?

If your state of health deprives you of appetite, it is bad enough for you to decline the invitation to dine out.

"I could dine out every day," he informs his friends in Germany.

As we drew nearer to the hotel, he said: "It's a pity we can't dine out somewheres and go to the theatre, but—you know?"

In a word, she led him by the nose, deceived him every day, and did not allow him to dine out without her permission.

One day, we were going to dine out; Brid'oison called up to me: 'I'm all ready' and I hadn't put on my garters!

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