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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Come dancing

Hi,

what dies 'come dancing' mean?

1. 'come while dancing
2. Come first and dance.
  

Top answer

It would be easier to understand what it means if we had a little context for it. "

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It would be easier to understand what it means if we had a little context for it. It does not seem natural to say, "Come dancing."
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Thank you.

You mean it is unnatural in a way that you can't pick out even from the possible meanings I suggested?

It is to ask someone to come to me while dancing.
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Hi

In UK speech, it is quite an old idiomatic phrase. There was a TV programme that dates back as far as 1949

As such, it is an invitation to take part in or watch English ballroom dancing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dancing

Dave
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Thank you.

Actually I still can't get what it possibly means. so, the sentence is far away from the possible meanings I have suggested? Is that what you are trying to say?
If so, what could be the direct meaning of come dancing? you think it has no meaning at all as it is unnatural?
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Hi

No, it's roughly:

- Let's go out to a dancing venue together

Dave
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onizoIt is to ask someone to come to me while dancing.
Is that someone a toddler?
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onizowhat could be the direct meaning of come dancing?
As the first reply stated, it would be helpful if we had some context. You are essentially asking us to make up some context for you.

Here's one:

Instead of staying home alone tonight, why don't you and your husband come dancing with us? (come to an event where people danc
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CalifJim come dancing alone cannot suggest such a situation, so the person who hears it is stumped about what it is supposed to mean.
The only collocation of http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=%22come+dancing%22&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff=
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Also as the eighties classic from The Kinks "Come Dancing" .
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AlpheccaStarsIt is not a natural collocation.
It works for me, but that may be a result of familiarity with the TV show and the Kinks song.

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