eat out

eat out
eat out
to eat a meal away from home, as at a restaurant. •

I just love to eat out every now and then.

Let's eat out tonight. I'm tired.

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{v.} 1. To eat in a restaurant; eat away from home. * /Fred ate out often even when he wasn't out of town./ 2. To rust, rot, or be destroyed in time. * /Rust had eaten out the gun barrel./ See: EAT AWAY.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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