lunch
12 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
lunches
plural
lunches
Britannica Dictionary definition of LUNCH
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a light meal eaten in the middle of the day
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I like to eat/have a healthy lunch every day.
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a company lunch [=luncheon]
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We took a picnic lunch to the park.
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They've brought their own lunches with them.
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We discussed the idea over a working/business lunch. [=a lunch during which people talk about business matters]
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What's for lunch?
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I had/ate just a sandwich for lunch.
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Where do you want to go for lunch? = Where do you want to eat/have lunch?
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I bought her some lunch.
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She often sits alone at lunch. [=while eating lunch]
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We discussed the idea over lunch. [=during lunch; while eating lunch]
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I offered to take her out to lunch. [=to take her to a restaurant for lunch]
◊ When people do lunch they have lunch together. This is an informal phrase that is often associated with people in business.
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Let's do lunch sometime.
eat/have someone or something for lunch
US, informal or eat someone's or something's lunch
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to defeat someone or something very badly
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The big hardware chain was eating the local store's lunch. [=the big chain was taking a lot of business from the local store]
lose your lunch
US slangno free lunch
◊ The expression there is no free lunch or there is no such thing as a free lunch means that it is not possible to get something that is desired or valuable without having to pay for it in some way.
out to lunch
informal
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not aware of what is really happening
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too strange or confused to notice or understand what is really happening
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That guy acts like he's out to lunch.
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lunch
/ˈlʌntʃ/
verb
lunches;
lunched;
lunching
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lunch
/ˈlʌntʃ/
verb
lunches;
lunched;
lunching
Britannica Dictionary definition of LUNCH
[no object]
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to eat lunch
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She often lunches in the park.
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We lunched on leftovers.
