make a date

Meaning

To arrange a specific day and time to meet someone. While it can refer to a romantic date, it is also frequently used in a platonic sense simply to mean scheduling a social plan or get-together.

Examples

• We should really get together for coffee sometime, so let's make a date.

  We should really get together for coffee sometime, so let's make a date.

• I'm free next weekend, so let's make a date to go hiking.

  I'm free next weekend, so let's make a date to go hiking.

• They made a date to meet at their favorite Italian restaurant on Friday night.

  They made a date to meet at their favorite Italian restaurant on Friday night.

• We need to make a date to catch up; it's been far too long.

  We need to make a date to catch up; it's been far too long.

• She called him to make a date for dinner later that week.

  She called him to make a date for dinner later that week.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Let's do a date for next Tuesday.

  ✓ Let's make a date for next Tuesday.

  The verb 'make' is the correct verb to use here. 'Do a date' is unnatural.

• ✗ I want to make a date with my dentist for a checkup.

  ✓ I want to make an appointment with my dentist for a checkup.

  'Make a date' is used for social, romantic, or friendly meetings. For professional or medical meetings, use 'make an appointment'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you want to catch up, let's open our calendars and ___ right now.

  💡 To schedule a specific time to meet.

  Show answer

  make a date

• They finally ___ to go to the art gallery next Thursday.

  💡 Past tense. They scheduled a friendly or romantic meeting.

  Show answer

  made a date