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
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
After watching him leap up from his lunch to table-hop at Newick's restaurant in Newington, N.H.,
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
For the next hour and a half Chou table-hopped.
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
The dinner itself is notable for short but heartfelt toasts, an elegant dinner and table-hopping — the aisles are crammed with people schmoozing and trying to get a close look at the presidents.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
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
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
“Hey, Terry!” someone yelled at him, and he detoured past the table-hopping former congressman from Tennessee, Harold Ford, now a regular on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2012
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