Wine And Dine - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT wine and dine /waɪn ænd daɪn/ /waɪn ænd daɪn/ IPA guide

Other forms: wine and dining

Use the phrase wine and dine to mean "entertain with good food." If you wine and dine someone, you usually take him out to dinner at a fancy restaurant.

Historically, wining and dining someone was usually done with some ulterior motive — you might wine and dine a person you hoped to do business with, or a charming friend you wanted to ask on a date. The phrase's meaning is fairly obvious, since when you wine and dine, you provide someone with wine to drink and food on which to dine.

Definitions of wine and dine

verb eat sumptuously “we wined and dined in Paris” see moresee less type of: banquet, feast, junket partake in a feast or banquet
verb provide with food and drink, usually lavishly see moresee less type of: host be the host of or for

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