单词 | to go dutch |
释义 | > as lemmasto go Dutch 2. With each person paying for his own food, drink, etc.; esp. in to go Dutch (cf. Dutch lunch, etc., under Compounds 2 above). Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (intransitive)] > each pay his share to go Dutch1914 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn v. 63 We'll go Dutch. 1957 Economist 5 Oct. 14/1 To suggest a free trade area to any of them in such circumstances looks rather like proposing to a teetotaller that you and he go dutch on daily rounds of drinks. 1962 Economist 29 Sept. 1213/3 There is ‘Dutch auction’, ‘Dutch uncle’, to eat out ‘Dutch’ with one's friends, and many more. < as lemmas |
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