eat out

manger au restaurant

Prendre un repas dans un restaurant ou un café.

En anglais simple : To have a meal in a restaurant or café.

• We eat out every Friday.
• They ate out last night.
• Would you like to eat out tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : eat out at somewhere (We ate out at a small Italian restaurant.)

Synonymes : dine out

Contraires : eat in

Expressions courantes : eat out tonight, eat out together, eat out at restaurants

manger dehors

Manger en plein air, à l’extérieur d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : To eat food outside, rather than inside a building.

• We ate out in the garden.
• Let’s eat out on the patio today.
• It was warm enough to eat out on the lawn.

Comment l'utiliser : eat out on/in somewhere (We ate out on the terrace.)

Synonymes : eat outdoors

Contraires : eat indoors

Expressions courantes : eat out on something, eat out here

ronger, corroder

Enlever progressivement de la matière en la rongeant, par une réaction chimique ou par un autre processus lent.

En anglais simple : To gradually remove material by biting, chemical action, or another slow process.

• Acid ate out a hole in the pipe.
• Insects had eaten out the soft wood.
• Rust slowly eats out the metal around the joint.

Comment l'utiliser : eat out something (The acid ate out a hole in the metal.)

Synonymes : erode, corrode, hollow out

Expressions courantes : eat out a hole, eat out the wood

réprimander, engueuler

Gronder vivement quelqu’un parce qu’il a fait quelque chose de mal.

En anglais simple : To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss ate him out.
• She ate me out for losing the keys.
• Will the officer eat us out for this mistake?

Comment l'utiliser : eat someone out (The boss ate me out for being late.)

Synonymes : tell off, chew out, scold

Expressions courantes : eat someone out, eat out someone