dine out

present singular third person dines out · participle present dining out · participle past dined out · past dined out

1. intransitiveTo have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.

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   Athena Troxel, chairman of Monday’s Nordstrom fashion show at the Fairmont, a benefit for Project Open Hand, had a relatively low-key birthday this year — just a blitz of dining out with indulgent friends (Susan Andrews lunched her at Trader Vic’s; Debbie Bocci took her to Donatello; Lilly Preiner picked up the tab at PosTrio; Kjorina Peterson brunched her at Campton Place; and her mother organized a barbecue).

   1989 July 11, Bea Pixa, “Bea Pixa’s San Francisco”, in San Francisco Examiner, 125th year, number 26, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B-2, columns 4–5

   Synonyms: eat out