wining and dining
Treating someone extravagantly
Wining and dining is treating someone to an elaborate meal with drinks, typically to impress them or win their favor.
The phrase usually implies ulterior motives—courting a romantic interest, securing a business deal, or cultivating a valuable connection: The company wined and dined the investors all weekend.
The verb form is wine and dine.
- wine and dineEntertain with lavish hospitality
- banquetingDining at formal gatherings
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- lavish spreadOpulent meal arrangement
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
tasting menu · gathering · conviviality · schmoozing · candlelit table · courting · symposium · cocktails · wooing · anniversary · celebration · lunch · champagne · sommelier · restaurant · impressing · breakfast · ambiance
- schmoozingschmooze, schmoozing, hobnobbing, glad-handing, mingling
- fine diningchef, gourmet meal, tasting menu, haute cuisine, gourmet
wining and diningNetflix and chill
Euphemism for romantic encounter
TV dinner · roughing it · staying in · staying home · microwave dinner
wining and diningneglecting
Failing to attend to
cold shoulder · ignoring · snubbing · brushing off · penny-pinching
wining and diningfasting
Deliberate food avoidance
abstaining · austerity · asceticism · teetotaling · abstinence