Meaning of dine out on | Babel Free

Definitions

To be invited to dinner because of one's conversation about (a particular subject or incident).

Examples

“[…] worse things can happen than a picked pocket. One can dine out on that for a season.”

“Indeed, three of the most recognisable male actors in Hollywood at the moment used to dine out on powerbombs and bodyslams.”

“It's a story I can dine out on for years.”

“Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak.”

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