dine out

verb

Definition of dine outnext
as in to snack

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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
  1. snack
  2. mess
  3. breakfast
  4. board
  5. graze
  6. lunch
  7. pig out
  8. nibble
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  • What's your go-to snack to keep on hand for long travel days?
    — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of snack
Verb
  • In Argentina, however, the Barras bravas remain a muscular, not-to-be-messed-with presence.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • There was something a little therapeutic about messing it up.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
Definition of mess
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  • 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
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  • The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection From Miami, Florida Travelers looking for the ultimate luxury cruise vacation can board The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s Ilma for three- to seven-night roundtrip voyages from Miami.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 22 July 2026
  • The tanks, which Otjen said are big enough to allow the massive belugas -- some of which are up to 16 feet long -- to float, were boarded onto a Qatar Airways Boeing 777.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of board
Verb
  • While there is no official confirmation that a herd of sheep will graze along the course, which is apparently a longtime tradition on rural courses in Ireland, Duff’s has hinted at the possibility.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • As an emergency measure during World War II, the Canadian government permitted domestic sheep for the first time to graze in the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta and British Columbia.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 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
  • The parting advice from her mother (an excellent, sparingly used Ariane Labed) is to wear her glasses, read everyday, and to not pig out.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Definition of pig out
Verb
  • Have toothpicks close by for guests to nibble on the bites as a sticky-sweet appetizer.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
  • While nibbling deer and pesky rodents might require one approach, something else, like snakes, will require another.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
Definition of nibble

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