A social occasion at which the different courses of a meal are eaten at different people's houses.
Example sentencesExamples
Friday night's meal was a progressive dinner in which the 156 delegates moved from restaurant to restaurant in different groups, each in search of the next course.
It then went on to become a progressive dinner, alternating between the houses of the two families.
Stroll Into Spring is a progressive dinner presented by several museums and businesses of the Old Northside neighborhood.
My parents met a bunch of other couples through a progressive dinner group when they first came to town, and some of those friendships lasted 25 years or more.
Folks often improvise a progressive dinner by visiting a few different restaurants for a drink here, a few appetizers there, then maybe wrap up with dessert at a third spot.
Definition of progressive dinner in US English:
progressive dinner
noun
A social occasion at which the different courses of a meal are eaten at different people's houses.
Example sentencesExamples
Friday night's meal was a progressive dinner in which the 156 delegates moved from restaurant to restaurant in different groups, each in search of the next course.
Folks often improvise a progressive dinner by visiting a few different restaurants for a drink here, a few appetizers there, then maybe wrap up with dessert at a third spot.
My parents met a bunch of other couples through a progressive dinner group when they first came to town, and some of those friendships lasted 25 years or more.
It then went on to become a progressive dinner, alternating between the houses of the two families.
Stroll Into Spring is a progressive dinner presented by several museums and businesses of the Old Northside neighborhood.