eat out

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eat out

(intr, adverb) to eat away from home, esp in a restaurant

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Verb

eat out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home

dine out

eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

dine in, eat in - eat at home

Translations

w>eat out

vi → zum Essen ausgehen

vt sep to eat one’s heart out → Trübsal blasen, sich vor Gram verzehren (geh); Michael Parkinson, eat your heart out → Michael Parkinson, da kannst du vor Neid erblassen

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Unless you tell the Government that you're not having to eat for a while, you're going to have to eat out.