go Dutch

verb

share expenses equally and split the cost of something

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My boyfriend and I always go Dutch

• Hypernyms: ↑pay

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Somebody ——s

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go Dutch (informal)

To pay each for himself or herself

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Main Entry: ↑Dutch

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go Dutch see under ↑Dutch

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Main Entry: ↑go

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go Dutch phrase

if people go Dutch, each of them pays for their own meal, drinks, entertainment etc when they go somewhere together

Thesaurus: to share or divide something between people_synonym to spend or to pay money_synonym

Main entry: Dutch

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share the cost of something, esp. a meal, equally

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go Dutch

: to go to a movie, restaurant, etc., as a group with each person paying for his or her own ticket, food, etc.

We went Dutch on dinner.

I'll go Dutch with you on the movie if you want.

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Main Entry: ↑Dutch