Make a date
Arrange a meeting with someone, as in Let’s get the department heads together and make a date for lunch next week, or I’ve made a date with Jean; can you join us? At first alluding only to social engagements, especially with a member of the opposite sex, this term, first recorded in 1876, is now used more broadly.
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