eating out

Verb

eat out (third-person singular simple present eats out, present participle eating out, simple past ate out, past participle eaten out)

1. (intransitive) To dine at a restaurant or such public place.
   • Jacky wanted Korean barbecue, but his mom didn't want to eat out.

   Synonyms:

   go out to eat

2. (transitive) To erode or encroach upon by gradually consuming.
3. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To perform cunnilingus or anilingus.
   • The lesbian couple ate each other out.
4. (slang, transitive) To reprimand severely.
   • He will eat me out if he hears I ate his girlfriend out.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, out.