Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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DUTCH TREAT {GO DUTCH}
each person pays for himself or herself; to share the cost
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1. Larry didn’t have enough money to pay for both his and Mary’s dinner, so they went Dutch treat.
2. When I go out to lunch with my colleagues at work, each of us pays for herself. We go Dutch. Antonym: treat. Whereas the basic expression treat means to pay for someone else, Dutch treat means that no one is treating. Dutch treat is often used in spoken English; in formal, written English, one often sees an expression like “no-host lunch” to indicate that each person pays for his or her own meal. |
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