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Daughter consumed dinner at first and went on outing with a guy (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dated

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'went on outing with a guy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'daughter consumed dinner at first' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'dinner' is 'd'.
'd'+'ate'+'d'='DATED'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dated that I've seen before include "Walked out with" , "Went steady" , "not without romantic engagements" , "Passe" , "Unfashionably old" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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