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• wine and dine someone — wine and dine (someone) to entertain someone by giving them an expensive meal and wine. I m an old fashioned girl at heart I like to be wined and dined on the first few dates. (usually passive) …   New idioms dictionary

• wine and dine someone — phrase to entertain someone by taking them out for a meal Thesaurus: entertaining guestshyponym general words for entertainment and funhypernym Main entry: wine …   Useful english dictionary

• wine and dine someone — to entertain someone by taking them out for a meal …   English dictionary

• wine and dine — (someone) to entertain someone by giving them an expensive meal and wine. I m an old fashioned girl at heart I like to be wined and dined on the first few dates. (usually passive) …   New idioms dictionary

• wine and dine — verb 1. eat sumptuously we wined and dined in Paris • Hypernyms: ↑feast, ↑banquet, ↑junket • Entailment: ↑eat, ↑drink, ↑booze, ↑fuddle …   Useful english dictionary

• wine and dine — entertain (someone) with drinks and a meal. → wine …   English new terms dictionary

• wine and dine — verb a) To entertain someone to a fine meal. b) To eat lavishly …   Wiktionary

• wine — wine1 [ waın ] noun *** 1. ) uncount an alcoholic drink made from grapes. Wine that is dark purple is called red wine, light yellow wine is called white wine, and pink wine is rosé wine: a bottle of wine two glasses of sweet white wine a ) count… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wine — I UK [waɪn] / US noun Word forms wine : singular wine plural wines *** 1) [uncountable] an alcoholic drink made from grapes. Wine that is dark purple is called red wine, light yellow wine is called white wine, and pink wine is rosé wine a bottle… …   English dictionary

• dine — [daın] v [i]formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: diner, from Vulgar Latin disjejunare to eat after not eating for a time ] to eat dinner ▪ He was dining with friends at the Ritz. →wine and dine sb at ↑wine2 dine on/off [dine on/off sth] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wine — /waɪn / (say wuyn) noun 1. the fermented juice of the grape, in many varieties (red, white, sweet, dry, still, sparkling, etc.) used as a beverage and in cookery, religious rites, etc. 2. a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port… …