dine off (something)

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dine off (something)

To eat something, often for several meals. I made so much lasagna that we can dine off it all week.

dine off something

to make a meal of something; to make many meals of something. Do you think we can dine off the leg of lamb for more than one meal? I hope we dine off the turkey only one more time.

See also: dine, off

References in classic literature ?

At the moment when she is struggling in the convulsions of death, a vulture is flying by (there are a good many vultures in Adelmonte's country); this bird darts on the dead fowl, and carries it away to a rock, where it dines off its prey.

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Shelley's atheism and republicanism combined with his elopement and move to Italy make him very attractive to today's intelligentsia, a man whose search for 'truth' knocks down established signposts, cheats tradesmen, preaches equality and dines off silver.

Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself. Ann Wroe. Jonathan Cape

TO describe the race in the simplest way, McCoy jumped Dines off in front and made all.