dine at

dine at (some place)

To eat somewhere, often a place other than one's home, such as at a restaurant. We dined at our favorite restaurant tonight because neither of us felt like cooking.
See also: dine
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dine at (some place)

to eat at a place. We really like to dine at the small cafe on the corner. I hope we can dine at a fine restaurant for our anniversary.
See also: dine
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • dine at (some place)
  • Eat at Joe's
  • red-sauce parlor
  • be at
  • be at (someone or something)
  • be at it
  • hole in the wall
  • go through the ceiling
  • give a black eye to (someone or something)
  • a night out
References in classic literature
We dine at Rosings twice every week, and are never allowed to walk home.
Collins no sooner saw the two girls than he began to congratulate them on their good fortune, which Charlotte explained by letting them know that the whole party was asked to dine at Rosings the next day.
Pride and Prejudice
She merely sent a brief note to her brother to tell him that he must not fail to dine at home.
Oblonsky did dine at home: the conversation was general, and his wife, speaking to him, addressed him as "Stiva," as she had not done before.
Anna Karenina
Weston would take no denial; they must all dine at Randalls one day;even Mr.
Emma
A very few days more, and Captain Wentworth was known to be at Kellynch, and Mr Musgrove had called on him, and come back warm in his praise, and he was engaged with the Crofts to dine at Uppercross, by the end of another week.
His father very much wished him to meet Captain Wentworth, and there being no sufficient reason against it, he ought to go; and it ended in his making a bold, public declaration, when he came in from shooting, of his meaning to dress directly, and dine at the other house.
Persuasion
Shuffle and Dine Tampa decks are the perfect stocking stuffer for people who like to dine at premiere Tampa area restaurants.
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"My biggest battle is developing good suppliers so that I may satisfy those who do dine at Steirereck." Osterreicher's directness is part of what makes him so intense or perhaps the reverse is true.
Twilight of the Gods