wine and dine

wine and dine verb: to entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.

Verb

wine and dine (third-person singular simple present wines and dines, present participle wining and dining, simple past and past participle wined and dined)

(transitive) To entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.
- You wined me and dined me when I was your girl / Promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world1975, “The Pill”, in Back to the Country, performed by Loretta Lynn
- In the TV world, getting smaller all the time / You're the kind of girl I'd like to wine and dine1979 November 16, Robin Scott, “Moonlight and Muzak”, in New York · London · Paris · Munich, performed by M, track 5
(intransitive) To eat lavishly.
- As we wined and dined, as we walked together along the banks of the River Seine smoking our postprandial cigarettes, we talked of life and love—and women.2009, Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 71

நன்றாக விருந்தளித்து உபசரி, விருந்துண்

third-person singular present	wines and dines
present participle	wining and dining
past participle	wined and dined
past	wined and dined

What does wine and dine mean?: Wine and dine means to entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.
What is wine and dine in Tamil?: Wine and dine in Tamil is நன்றாக விருந்தளித்து உபசரி, விருந்துண். See Wine and dine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wine and dine?: Wine and dine is a verb.
What is the past tense of wine and dine?: The past tense of wine and dine is wined and dined.

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