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to toast

70 3.8

To raise a glass and drink to honor someone

verb
/toʊst/

: brindar

Look, I know we might never see each other again, so, I thought maybe we'd toast to what was almost a beautiful friendship.

Just you, you wouldn't think that we were all toasting it at one point.

Examples

It's the final night and we're all having a nice glass of wine to toast the class.
Let's toast our champion.

Maverick (1994)
I think we should toast on that.

The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Come on, let's have a drink and toast the future.

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)
Ladies and gentlemen, please join US as we toast the most gorgeous voice in the world.

Yes, Giorgio (1982)
It is time to toast the graduate.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Have some champagne, toast the newlyweds, huh?

Sideways (2004)
So we toast everyone who's here, and we remember everyone who's not.

Have a Little Faith (2011)
Before the meal, Emil Holmstrom toasted the newlyweds with small glasses of vodka.

Fiction book (1992)
Come on, let's have a drink and toast the future.

Synonyms

to drink

vsto toast

161 6.3

To raise a glass and say good wishes to someone

focuses more on a short speech as the central part of the act

to raise a glass

vsto toast

9 3.7

Hold up a drink with others to celebrate someone or something

usually includes a short spoken honour as part of the action

to salute

vsto toast

9 3.9

To raise a glass to offer good wishes or honor someone

is used more for a formal short spoken honour

to raise a toast

vsto toast

3 3.9

To make a short speech and drink to honor someone or something

is the common term for that speech and group cup lifting act

to skoal

vsto toast

9.9

To raise a glass and drink to wish someone good health

is the speech-centred version rather than the celebratory drinking

to wassail

vsto toast

Archaic

9.9

To celebrate loudly with singing and drinking

is more about brief spoken honour and quieter formality

to raise a libation

vsto toast

9.9

Offer a drink in a ceremony to honor someone or a god

is a secular social act that centers on a brief spoken honour

Antonyms

to condemn

298 4.0

To strongly criticize someone or something publicly

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

Idioms

toast of the town

Informal

3 6.3

A person many people in a town or local area admire and like

on toast

Informal

1 9.9

In trouble with people because of something someone did

like shit on toast

Offensive

9.9

Something that is very bad and unpleasant

Phrasal Verbs

to raise a toast

3 3.9

To make a short speech and drink to honor someone or something

Compounds

French toast

43 1.4

Slices of bread dipped in egg and milk then fried and served with syrup

cinnamon toast

3 1.0

A slice of bread browned until crisp and topped with butter and cinnamon sugar

Melba toast

1 4.8

Very thin crisp slices of toasted bread served with soup or toppings

avocado toast

1 2.8

A slice of toasted bread topped with mashed or sliced avocado

avocado toast

Literature

1 5.8

A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems

freedom toast

Formal

8.4

A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start

orange toast

5.3

Toasted bread with butter, sugar, and grated orange peel

toast mistress

Formal

8.5

A woman who introduces speakers and keeps a formal event running smoothly

shit on toast

Offensive

9.9

A rude way to say food or other things are very bad

How Celebratory

to toast

70 3.8

to raise a glass

9 3.7

Surface Forms

toast infinitive

toasted past

toasted past participle

toasting present participle

toasts third person singular

Etymology

To toast someone with a drink comes from putting a piece of toast into wine and lifting the glass to honor them. So to toast is to raise a glass and wish someone good health or success.