iːt aʊt
neutral
beginner
- Base verb:
- eat
- Particle:
- out
- Separable:
- No
What does "eat out" mean?
To eat at a restaurant instead of at home
Examples
- Let's eat out tonight.
- We eat out about twice a week.
- It's expensive to eat out all the time.
- Do you prefer to eat out or cook at home?
- They love eating out at Italian restaurants.
How to use it
Very common everyday expression. 'Eat in' is the opposite.
Similar expressions
dine out
go to a restaurant
Opposites
eat in
cook at home
Related phrasal verbs
- get out
To leave a place, room, or vehicle
- turn out
To have a particular result or end in a certain way
- go out
To leave your home for social activities or entertainment
- give out
To distribute something to multiple people
- bring out
To produce and release a new product, book, or album
- come out
To become known or revealed
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