wine and dine

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wine and dine

verb wines and dines · wining and dining · wined and dined

  1. transitive To entertain or woo someone with a fine meal. You wined me and dined me when I was your girl / Promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world
  2. intransitive To eat lavishly. As we wined and dined, as we walked together along the banks of the River Seine smoking our postprandial cigarettes, we talked of life and love—and women.

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verb to entertain someone with a fine meal

Españolagasajar
日本語供応する kyōō suru, もてなす motenasu

verb to eat lavishly

日本語ご馳走になる go-chisō ni naru

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@misc{wine_and_dine_2026,
  title = {wine and dine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wine%20and%20dine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}