invite over
invite (one or oneself) over (for something)
1. For someone to offer one entrance to the place where they live. Mom, can I invite some friends over? I already invited Kelly over for dinner tonight—do you want to come too?
2. To visit the place where one lives despite not having been invited. Usually conveys a sense of intrusion. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "invite" and "to." Can you believe Jeanne just invited herself over and stayed for three hours? So annoying!
See also: invite, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
invite someone over (for something)
to bid or request someone to come to one's house for something, such as a meal, party, chat, cards, etc. Let's invite Tony and Nick over for dinner. Let's invite over some new people.
See also: invite, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- invite
- invite (one or oneself) over (for something)
- ask (one) over
- ask over
- invite (someone) in
- invite (someone) into (some place)
- invite into some place
- serve (one) the same sauce
- make conversation
- invite (one) out