it's a date

English

Phrase

it's a date

1. (informal) It's a deal (used to show agreement to meet at a certain time and place)

   - Could you please come by my house tomorrow at five in the afternoon to help me?
   - It's a date!

   • 2012, Fiona Palmer, The Road Home, →ISBN:

     "We Don't have cows, but a neighbour up the road does if that's what takes your fancy,' Lara said, chuckling. 'Smart arse,' Mel scoffed. 'Well, it's a date, then. I'll be up in March. I'm so excited.'

   • 2013, Jonathan-David Jackson, The Quest for Juice, →ISBN:

     Maybe I'll tell you tomorrow night, over some psychiatric checklists and a bottle of pills.” “It's a date,” she replied.

   • 2014, Molly Harper, Better Homes and Hauntings, →ISBN, page 257:

     He considered it for a moment, then nodded. “I concede. So this weekend? We could actually leave the island. I won't make you ride a boat, if that's a determining factor.” “It's a date,” she said, grinning at him.

Further reading

• “it s a date”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• astatide, satiated, state aid