grace a person, group, etc. with your presence

grace a person, group, etc. with your presence
grace (a person, group, etc.) with your presence
: to come to a place to be with (a person, group, etc.)
— usually used humorously

He finally decided to grace us with his presence [=he finally showed up] 10 minutes after dinner started.

Will you be gracing the meeting with your presence? [=will you be coming to the meeting?]

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grace (a person, group, etc.) with your presence — see grace, 2
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