eat out

The phrase "eat out" is commonly used to describe dining at a restaurant but can have different meanings in slang contexts.

Definition

A2Dining

(informal)To have a meal at a restaurant or another public dining place instead of at home.

Example

Let's eat out tonight; I don't feel like cooking.
They eat out every Friday at their favorite Italian restaurant.

C1Slang

(vulgar)To perform oral sex.

C2General

(formal)To erode or encroach upon by gradually consuming.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "eat out":

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