A miniature cluster of dark buildings with glowing windows beneath a golden starburst against a deep purple night sky.

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Dick Stensland

We'll do the town one night on me.

— L.A. Confidential  ·  1997

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker offers to treat someone to a whole evening out, with the speaker paying for it. It is a breezy, open-handed promise of an evening's fun, offered as a treat rather than a debt, and confident in its own generosity.

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