EAT OUT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of eat out in English

eat out

phrasal verb with eat verb uk /iːt/ us /iːt/ ate | eaten Add to word list Add to word list B1 to eat in a restaurant: When I lived in Spain, I used to eat out all the time. to eat food

• eatWhat do you want to eat for lunch?
• haveI'll just have one more piece of chocolate cake.
• consumeHe consumes vast quantities of bread with every meal.
• devourThe children devoured a whole packet of biscuits.
• bolt (down)Don't bolt down your food - you'll make yourself ill!
• gobble (up/down)The children gobbled their sweets.

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• I'm not implying anything about your cooking, but could we eat out tonight?
• You can tell from his empty unused kitchen that he tends to eat out a lot.
• Dad hates eating out, both because of the cost and because he's too impatient.
• Because I hadn't had time to go shopping, I suggested that we all ate out - my treat.
• The boss simply eats out all the time when his wife is away.

Eating

• al desko
• binge
• binge eating
• bite
• break bread idiom
• devour
• feeding
• finish
• finish up phrasal verb
• food baby
• for human consumption
• gobble
• graze
• gulp
• inhale
• pick
• pick at something phrasal verb
• picnic
• pig
• pig out phrasal verb

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Translations of eat out

in Chinese (Traditional) 去餐廳吃飯, 在外用餐… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 去饭店吃饭, 在外用餐… See more in Spanish comer fuera, cenar fuera, salir a comer… See more in Portuguese comer fora… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Polish in Norwegian in Korean in Urdu in Italian रेस्टॉरंटमध्ये जेवणे… See more 外食をする, 外食（がいしょく）する… See more dışarıda/restoranda yemek yemek… See more aller au restaurant… See more menjar fora… See more బయట తిను, రెస్టారెంట్‌లో తినడానికి… See more ஒரு உணவகத்தில் சாப்பிட… See more (प्रायः रेस्तराँ में) खाना, बाहर खाना… See more বাইরে খাওয়া… See more ભોજન ગૃહમાં જમવું… See more jeść poza domem… See more spise ute… See more 외식하다… See more باہر, ریستوراں میں کھانا… See more mangiar fuori… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of eat out

• out-eat
• eat your heart out idiom
• eat someone out of house and home idiom

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• eat your heart out idiom
• eat someone out of house and home idiom

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