English Explanatory Dictionary

go Dutch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.

Pronunciation

en-au-go Dutch.ogg

Word forms

go Dutch goes Dutch going Dutch went Dutch gone Dutch

Etymology

A derivative of Dutch treat, from Dutch (“poor imitation; ersatz”), a derogatory term originally referring generically to German-speaking peoples as a whole; first attested 1914.

Related words

Dutch treat go halves

← go down the wrong throat
← go down the wrong way
← go down with
← go downhill
← go downtown

go easy →
go equipped →
go ER →
go f oneself →
go face →

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