dine out on
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be invited to dinner because of one's conversation about (a particular subject or incident).
Example Sentences
- "[…] worse things can happen than a picked pocket. One can dine out on that for a season."
- "Indeed, three of the most recognisable male actors in Hollywood at the moment used to dine out on powerbombs and bodyslams."
- "It's a story I can dine out on for years."
- "Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak."