Collocation
have dinner
Definition
to eat an evening meal
'have dinner' is a common English collocation. to eat an evening meal
have + dinner
“We usually have dinner at around seven.”
Examples
- We _____ dinner together every night.
- What time do you usually _____ dinner?
- Let’s _____ dinner at my place tonight.
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- I can’t talk now—I’m _____ dinner.
- We _____ dinner late because of traffic.
- Do you want to _____ dinner with us on Friday?
- They’re _____ dinner at a small Italian restaurant.
- By the time I got home, my roommates had already _____ dinner.
- If we _____ dinner earlier, we can catch the movie.
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