dine out on sth
mainly UK— phrasal verb with dine uk/daɪn/us/daɪn/verb [ I ] formal
to entertain people, especially at a meal, by telling them about an experience you have had:
For months I've been dining out on the story of what happened when my house got flooded.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Celebrating & entertaining
- a good time was had by all idiom
- amuse
- amused
- bacchanalian
- banquet
- entertaining
- go to town idiom
- have a whale of a time idiom
- host
- kill
- kill the fatted calf idiom
- let your hair down idiom
- perform
- push
- revelry
- scintillate
- see in the New Year idiom
- spirit
- take sb out of himself/herself
- town
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