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dine out on
Idioms and Phrases
Be invited to dinner because of something one knows about and can discuss. For example, “In a couple of years you will be dining out on this murder” (Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead , 1934). [First half of 1900s] Also see eat out ; sing for one's supper .Example Sentences
As reported last year by Jennifer A. Kingson and Kelly Tyko at Axios, "for the first time in decades, it's more economical to dine out on Thanksgiving Day than to shop for, cook and clean up after the traditional meal, a Wells Fargo analysis finds."
The Television Academy has around 19,000 voting members, including a core group who dine out on these events four months a year.
Animal geeks will dine out on the rich anecdotes, the historical detours and pithy footnotes, all propelling his momentum.
I do not want to dine out on it.
He will dine out on this for a long time.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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