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WINE AND DINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with food and drink, usually lavishly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "wine and dine" is one way to...):

host (be the host of or for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eat sumptuously

Example:

we wined and dined in Paris

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "wine and dine" is one way to...):

banquet; feast; junket (partake in a feast or banquet)

"Wine and dine" entails doing...:

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue wine and dine

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