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go out for dinner vs go out to dinner

Both "go out for dinner" and "go out to dinner" are correct, commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning of going to a restaurant or similar establishment to have dinner.

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go out for dinner

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to leave one's home or current location in order to have dinner at a restaurant or another location.

Examples:

Let's go out for dinner tonight.
We usually go out for dinner on Fridays.
I don't feel like cooking, let's go out for dinner.
They went out for dinner to celebrate their anniversary.
She invited her friends to go out for dinner with her.

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What do you say we go out for dinner, and...
I have to go out for dinner, I'm in a bit of a rush.
Like go out for dinner someday.
The last thing I want to do right now is go out for dinner.
And maybe next time, we can go out for dinner.
My dad gave me 50 bucks and told us we should go out for dinner.
Shall we call Aya and go out for dinner?
How much do I not want to go out for dinner with anyone who's a member of that
Well, maybe we should all go out for dinner then.
All right, we'll go out for dinner.
I promised my wife we'd go out for dinner, and that'll be difficult if I'm full of holes.
Your dad is going to keep John while we go out for dinner.
Will asked me to go out for dinner, and I know it's because you put in a good word for me.
We'll go out for dinner soon, so let's talk then.
I'm sure you've had your fill of the Gates food, so we'll go out for dinner tonight.
We go out for dinner, and - and we talk about politics and we talk about business, and it works.
Or shall I go out for dinner?
And one night, after a very bad time, my sister Meryl said to me Let's go out for dinner.
Or shall I go out for dinner?
"Come on, let's go out for dinner or a concert."

Alternatives:

go out to eat
go out for a meal
go out to a restaurant
go out for a bite
go out for some food

go out to dinner

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to leave one's home or current location in order to have dinner at a restaurant or another location.

Examples:

Let's go out to dinner tonight.
We usually go out to dinner on Fridays.
I don't feel like cooking, let's go out to dinner.
They went out to dinner to celebrate their anniversary.
She invited her friends to go out to dinner with her.

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He asked me to go out to dinner with him.
We can't even go out to dinner because you're worried about seeing someone you know.
So I thought tonight maybe we'd go out to dinner.
We might need to go out to dinner.
We can just go out to dinner and celebrate.
She invited me to go out to dinner and a movie with them.
So, honey, now that you're back, I was thinking we should go out to dinner tonight... as a family.
You know, we don't have to go out to dinner just 'cause it's my birthday.
I'd like to go out to dinner with you and talk, without any flying bicycles or extraterrestrials or kids.
- See the plan was to go out to dinner.
I would like to go out to dinner with you
You could get a massage, go out to dinner, ice skating, pilates class, yoga, see a movie, maybe sit down and read a magazine in peace.
Okay, you want to go out to dinner?
Can we go out to dinner sometime this week and talk about it?
Would you like to go out to dinner with me sometime?
Say, how would you like to go out to dinner with me once this is all over?
So you want to go out to dinner again?
And let's all go out to dinner.
Now let the subject or go out to dinner.
You go out to dinner, sweetie, with your lady friend.

Alternatives:

go out for dinner
go out to eat
go out for a meal
go out to a restaurant
go out for a bite

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