table-hop
Americanverb (used without object)
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August might be a slow time for some people, but never for me, as I table-hop at warp speed in advance of my annual fall dining guide.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
After watching him leap up from his lunch to table-hop at Newick's restaurant in Newington, N.H.,
From Time Magazine Archive
Into this "poor man's Sardi's," every noon, swarm the occupants of a thousand hall bedrooms, to eat and table-hop, jam the phone booths, swap hard-luck stories, pick up casting tips.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trump loved to play that role, Palm Beach veterans say, describing how he table-hopped, gave toasts and posed for photos with anyone wanting one.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2017
As Børns commanded the stage, backed by swirling blue and purple spotlights, guests table-hopped, danced and dug into a desert of sorbet-filled frozen fruit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2016
At a press lunch for “Café Society” on Thursday, when the filmmaker and his cast table-hopped and talked to reporters, most of the assembled journalists tiptoed around the allegations.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2016
In the past few years, knowledge of its succulence has table-hopped through gourmet circles all over the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just to make certain that his message got through, McGovern table-hopped during dinner with his family that night at the Sylvan Lake Lodge, moving from one table of reporters to the next.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, the district’s dining options are enough to keep the most avid foodie busy table-hopping for months.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
A day spent name-checking monuments and museums followed by a perfect piece of rockfish and some dish with the table-hopping Fulchino always left my guests with a good feeling about Washington.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2021
Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of some mealtime terms.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2019
It was a reference to the folksy, table-hopping style of his Texan rival Beto O’Rourke.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2019
Had Ms. Donnelly turned around during her three-hour meal, she would have seen me glad-handing and table-hopping, nibbling brioche and sharing a drink, hearing stories and telling them, the raconteuring restaurateur.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2010
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