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dine in

dine in verb: to eat in; to eat a purchased meal on the premises where one bought it, rather than taking it away.

Verb

dine in (third-person singular simple present dines in, present participle dining in, simple past and past participle dined in)

  1. (intransitive) To eat in; to eat a purchased meal on the premises where one bought it, rather than taking it away.

Forms of dine in

third-person singular presentdines in
present participledining in
past participledined in
pastdined in

Questions about dine in

What does dine in mean?
Dine in means to eat in; to eat a purchased meal on the premises where one bought it, rather than taking it away.
What part of speech is dine in?
Dine in is a verb.
What is the past tense of dine in?
The past tense of dine in is dined in.

Words near dine in in the dictionary

  1. dindus
  2. dine
  3. dine and dash
  4. dine and dashes
  5. dine at the Y
  6. dine in
  7. dine on ashes
  8. dine out
  9. dine out on
  10. dine with Duke Humphrey
  11. dine-and-dash

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