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wine and dine

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wine and dine someone
to treat someone to an expensive meal of the type that includes fine wines; to entertain someone lavishly. The lobbyists wined and dined the senators one by one in order to influence them. We were wined and dined every night and given the best hotel accommodations in town.
See also: and, dine, wine

wine and dine somebody
to entertain someone by giving them an expensive meal and wine (usually passive) I'm an old-fashioned girl at heart - I like to be wined and dined on the first few dates.
See also: and, dine, wine

wine and dine somebody
to entertain someone expensively The company wined and dined us, hoping to convince us we should accept the job.
See also: and, dine, wine


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It was the first Hyatt hotel established outside the US and throughout its 36 years, maintained its position as one of the premier locations to stay, wine and dine in Hong Kong.
The baseball star arrived in Miami for one night to wine and dine with the 'Almost Famous' actress at Prime 112 in South Beach.
Not to wine and dine 40 fatcat advertising and PR chiefs at a rock gig.
 
 
 
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