Lunch meaning in English

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Definition

(over) lunch: (at, while eating) a midday meal noun
Lunch is rarely preceded by an article:
Let's have lunch, it's 1 PM and I'm hungry.
I'm going to lunch now.
Lunch is at 1 PM.
(Let's) get lunch: (Let's) go for a midday meal, eat at noon idiom

Examples

  • "Philip : Well Edward, this lunch has certainly been an experience."
  • "Dr. Loblaw : I forgot my lunch at home."
  • "I would like to buy you lunch even though I am not a milliardaire."
  • "I am writing to complain about your "Vegetable Soup", which I purchased today, and planned to eat for lunch."
  • "One wonders if he is competent enough to prepare lunch for himself!"
  • "Bruno wants bacon and eggs for lunch today!"
  • "Let's have lunch together!"
  • "He drank it for lunch and dinner, sometimes even breakfast."
  • "Do you need someone to sit with at lunch tomorrow?"
  • "Oh yeah, I had tomato ketchup for my lunch."
  • "Jean : Philip, you shouldn't eat your lunch at your desk."
  • "I went to lunch with Susie the other day, and she made the mistake of ordering a cheese omelet."
  • "I met him b4 lunch yesterday."
  • "Unfortunately, I'm not able to attend the event, as I'm scheduled to see my personal trainer at 8AM, the dentist at 10AM, I have a meeting with the Sales Department at midday, lunch with Harold Warbuckle at 1.30PM, and then a video conference with one of our Australian salespeople at 9PM."
  • "We will be eating fish and seaweed for lunch today."
  • "I ate my lunch with Susie Bliss today!"
  • "He then puts her on speakerphone so that they can have their lunch together."
  • "Look, I'll let you drive my car, and I'll take you to lunch before the operation."
  • "You were the lunch on a big fish's plate!"
  • "Voice : Who dares disturb the Illuminati during our lunch break?"

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