DINE OUT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

dine out

verb

Definition of dine out

as in to snack

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diet
fast

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Recent Examples of dine out Under this approach, the 70% category includes both necessities, such as housing, groceries and transportation, and discretionary spending, such as dining out and entertainment. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Make Healthier Choices at Restaurants Healthy dining out does not always mean ditching your healthy eating plan. — Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 19 June 2026 How many people will attend, dine out and sleep in local hotels remains to be seen. — Pat Maio, Daily News, 7 June 2026 With Americans continuing to watch their spending on dining out, the survey highlights where travelers can stretch their food budgets the furthest while on the road this summer. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dine out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dine out

Verb

Protein is more satiating than carbohydrates alone and may reduce the urge to snack before lunch.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
This simple sandwich makes a perfect light lunch or snack for a bridal or baby shower.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of snack

Verb

There was something a little therapeutic about messing it up.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of mess

Verb

Within hours, Gifford was raped and murdered after Sochor and his brother left the Fort Lauderdale bar with her under the guise of going to breakfast, court records say.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 July 2026
One of my favorite things to do each morning was pedal to breakfast in the shade of giant palm trees with the smell of flowering hibiscus all around.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

Definition of breakfast

Verb

Judy Davis stars as Sybylla, a rebellious young woman in 19th century Australia who longs to be a writer, but her traditionalist parents refuse to indulge those dreams, sending her to board with her wealthy grandmother instead.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
With aesthetic tourism on the rise, boarding a flight for a better (and cheaper) upper bleph has become increasingly common.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of board

Verb

Every song on the nearly hour-long album contains brief moments that graze brilliance or, in some instances, achieve it.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026
The child told investigators that Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap, at one point manipulating her underwear and grazing her genitals on a couch and under a blanket.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of graze

Verb

Ladies who lunch at The George cross paths with ladies who launch (startups, that is), men in smart suits are occasionally gala-bound, and creatives on laptops greet locals stopping in for a drink or afternoon tea under the ornate ceilings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
What would Sister, who lunched with the Astors and Whitneys, have thought of posting?

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 May 2026

Definition of lunch

Verb

While nibbling deer and pesky rodents might require one approach, something else, like snakes, will require another.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
To her, the bill leapfrogs local jurisdictions just to nibble at the edges of what’s driving housing costs.

— Mark Dee June 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 June 2026

Definition of nibble

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