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)
Example Sentences
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But some analysts said its lower-income shoppers have still been reluctant to dine out.
From MarketWatch • May 3, 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
I look forward to my favorite local drag cabaret’s adaptation for its brunch performances, if anybody I know can afford to dine out whenever that comes together and manage to chew with mouths closed.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025
Other establishments - especially those without alcohol licences - often do not charge corkage, and some have a policy where corkage is waived on less popular days to dine out.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024
Some of us continually dine out, whilst the others receive company at home....
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
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