wine and dine

wine and dine
verb
1. eat sumptuously
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we wined and dined in Paris

Hypernyms: ↑feast, ↑banquet, ↑junket
Entailment: ↑eat, ↑drink, ↑booze, ↑fuddle
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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Sam and Sue wine and dine

2. provide with food and drink, usually lavishly
Hypernyms: ↑host
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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wine and dine
To partake of, or provide with, a meal accompanied by wine
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Main Entry:wine

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see wine

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wine and dine — see wine, 2
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Main Entry:dine
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wine and dine
: to entertain (someone) at a restaurant with good food, wine, etc.

The company wined and dined the prospective clients.

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Main Entry:wine

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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