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1lunch Listen to audio/ˈlʌn/ noun
plural lunch·es
: a light meal eaten in the middle of the day [count] I like to eat/have a healthy lunch every day. a company lunch [=luncheon] We took a picnic lunch to the park. They've brought their own lunches with them. We discussed the idea over a working/business lunch. [=a lunch during which people talk about business matters] [noncount] What's for lunch? I had/ate just a sandwich for lunch. Where do you want to go for lunch? = Where do you want to eat/have lunch? I bought her some lunch. She often sits alone at lunch. [=while eating lunch] We discussed the idea over lunch. [=during lunch; while eating lunch] I offered to take her out to lunch. [=to take her to a restaurant for lunch] lunch hour [=the time when the people in a school or company eat lunch] When people do lunch they have lunch together. This is an informal phrase that is often associated with people in business.
Let's do lunch sometime.
eat/have someone or something for lunch or eat someone's or something's lunch
US, informal : to defeat someone or something very badly
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 slang : to throw up : vomit
I felt like I was about to lose my lunch.
no 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 : not aware of what is really happening : too strange or confused to notice or understand what is really happening
That guy acts like he's out to lunch.
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