English
Verb
en-verb|goes Dutch|going Dutch|went Dutch
- idiom To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.
- To go to live in the Netherlands, or pickup some Dutch customs and lifestyle.
Quotations
1958. Evelyn Ruth (Millis) Duvall The Art of Dating, Associated Press, p. 138:
2005. Rex Reed, Reviewing De-Lovely, quoted in Mews Items: Amazing But True Cat Stories, by Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun, p. 1931:
Translations
Chinese: ����
French: payer chacun sa part#French|part
German: getrennte Kasse machen
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Marathi: त��� त� मा�� म�
Romanian: pl�ti nemţe�te (lit. "paying German-style")
Spanish: ir a escote
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