From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinvite somebody out phrasal verbto ask someone to go somewhere with you, especially to a restaurant or film for We invited Clarissa out for ice cream. → invite→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
invite out• Or should he just go over and invite her out?• Why can't we invite him out?• Two nights later I went looking for her at the Center and invited her out for an ice cream.• Can I invite her out, Mother?• Finally, Fred has invited his wife out to dinner.• Having explained carefully to Willis what he was about to do, Richard invited Pinkie out to lunch.• Instead of endeavouring to penetrate its ten-foot thick walls, the rebels invited Grenville out to parley.• When they were fifteen and fourteen, Margie and Jenny invited their father out to the Ritz for lunch.invite for• Two nights later I went looking for her at the Center and invited her out for an ice cream. 