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Dine Eat Verb Formal Phrasal Daɪn Intransitive Dinner

Front dine
Back dine /daɪn/ verb [intransitive] formal
to eat dinner:
He was dining with friends at the Ritz.
→ wine and dine somebody at wine2
dine on/off something phrasal verb formal
to eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food:
We dined on lobster and strawberries.
dine out phrasal verb
1formal to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else’s house → eat out:
They would dine out together once a month.
2dine out on something British English informal to keep using a story about something that has happened to you, in order to entertain people at meals

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