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eat out
verb
(intr, adverb) to eat away from home, esp in a restaurant
Idioms and Phrases
Have a meal outside one's home, usually at a restaurant. For example, We're almost out of groceries, so let's eat out tonight . [Second half of 1900s] For the antonym, see eat in .
eat someone out Also, eat someone up . Rebuke or scold someone sharply, as in He was always eating out the kids , or Why are you eating me up? I haven't done anything wrong . This slangy synonym for chew out probably originated as a euphemism for eat someone's ass out . It dates from the 1940s, the variant from the 1840s. Also see the subsequent entries beginning with eat out .
Example Sentences
The minimum standard is calculated to include money for a couple's weekly groceries, a week's holiday in the UK, eating out about once a month and some affordable leisure activities about twice a week.
Demand for rice went up because of more tourists visiting Japan and a rise in people eating out after the pandemic.
The art in question, “I Used to Cook More,” can be found in the family’s kitchen and depicts Pemberton’s friend and fellow collector Jared Culp eating out of a white takeout container.
Consumers are coping via some common money-saving behaviors, the researcher said, such as shopping at budget stores or eating out less.
It has given them freedom to travel, reduced their anxiety when eating out and removed their fear of food.
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