dine out
Britishverb
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to dine away from home, esp in a restaurant
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(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)
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People dine out and buy more takeout when the economy is stable and growing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Monroe does dine out once per week, including for burritos — she favors the $11 burrito at Brother’s Cousins Tacos in Sawtelle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s quarterly earnings results on Wednesday showed that consumers were still willing to dine out despite a surge in gas prices last month due to the Iran war.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
Their combined income of about $160,000 a year—from her work as a speech pathologist and his as an employment coordinator—stretches farther in Greenville, allowing them to dine out regularly and vacation abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
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!
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
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