take potluck

take potluck {v. phr.}

To share as a guest an everyday meal without special preparation.

You are welcome to stay for dinner if you will take potluck.

They were about to have lunch when he phoned and they asked him to take potluck with them.

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covered-dish supper

[covered-dish supper] or [potluck supper] A meal to which each guest brings a share of the food. * /Dolly made a chicken casserole for the covered-dish supper./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

potluck supper

[potluck supper] See: [COVERED-DISH SUPPER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

potluck

[potluck] See: [TAKE POTLUCK]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

supper

[supper] See: [COVERED-DISH SUPPER] or [POTLUCK SUPPER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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