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English
Verb
wine and dine (third-person singular simple present wines and dines, present participle wining and dining, simple past and past participle wined and dined)
- (transitive) To entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.
1975, “The Pill”, in Back to the Country, performed by Loretta Lynn:You wined me and dined me when I was your girl / Promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world
2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:So don't ask me to wine and dine ya / I'm from Brooklyn, you're from Regina
2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
- (intransitive) To eat lavishly.
2009, Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 71: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.
Translations
to entertain someone with a fine meal