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lose one's lunch

lose one's lunch verb: to vomit, throw up.

Verb

lose one's lunch (third-person singular simple present loses one's lunch, present participle losing one's lunch, simple past and past participle lost one's lunch)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) To vomit, throw up.
    • Exactly one minute later, the first of the passengers lost their lunch over the side.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 235

Synonyms of lose one's lunch

Forms of lose one's lunch

third-person singular presentloses one's lunch
present participlelosing one's lunch
past participlelost one's lunch
pastlost one's lunch

Questions about lose one's lunch

What does lose one's lunch mean?
Lose one's lunch means to vomit, throw up.
What part of speech is lose one's lunch?
Lose one's lunch is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose one's lunch?
The past tense of lose one's lunch is lost one's lunch.

Words near lose one's lunch in the dictionary

  1. lose one's cookies
  2. lose one's cool
  3. lose one's head
  4. lose one's heart
  5. lose one's life
  6. lose one's lunch
  7. lose one's marbles
  8. lose one's mind
  9. lose one's nerve
  10. lose one's rag
  11. lose one's shirt

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