take potluck

Idioms and Phrases

Come to eat whatever happens to be served; also, take one's chances. For example, You're welcome to join us for supper but you'll have to take potluck , or When the flight was canceled, passengers had to take potluck on other airlines . This idiom alludes to accepting whatever happens to be in the cooking pot. [Second half of 1700s]

Example Sentences

Declining reluctantly an invitation to take potluck with my host, I was soon in the Avenue of the Sphinx again.

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