wine and dine
Treat someone extravagantly
To wine and dine someone is to treat them to an expensive meal, typically to impress them or win their favor: The company wined and dined potential investors.
The phrase suggests lavish hospitality with an ulterior motive—courting a client, wooing a romantic interest, or softening someone up before asking a favor.
Amuse or host
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- galaFestive formal occasion
- receptionAct of receiving guests
host · soiree · gourmet · cuisine · gastronomy · sommelier · catering · toast
Seeking another's romantic favor
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
wooing · suitor · admirer · proposal · date · rendezvous · charm · affection
entertain
Amuse or host
reception · host · soiree · gourmet · cuisine · gastronomy · sommelier · catering · toast · celebration
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
flirtation · wooing · suitor · admirer · proposal · date · rendezvous · charm · affection · intimacy
- Valentine's Dayvalentine cards, red roses, chocolates, candy hearts, Cupid
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up