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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : E : eat out

eat out

Meaning: If you eat out, you eat in a restaurant instead of at home.

Synonym: dine out (formal)

For example:

  • eat out Let's eat out tonight. I don't feel like cooking.

  • eat out How often do you eat out?

Quick Quiz:

Ian and Bobby are eating out tonight. They are having
  1. a barbecue out in their garden
  2. dinner in a restaurant
  3. some pizzas delivered

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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