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lunch

/ˈlʌnʧ/

US UK

noun

plural lunches

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.

verb

lunches; lunched; lunching

[no obj] :to eat lunch

She often lunches in the park.

We lunched on leftovers.

* Các từ tương tự:
lunch box, lunch break, lunch counter, lunch hour, luncheon, luncheon meat, luncheonette, lunchroom, lunchtime