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lunch out

lunch out verb: to have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.

Verb

lunch out (third-person singular simple present lunches out, present participle lunching out, simple past and past participle lunched out)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.
    • Let's lunch out today.
    Antonyms:
    lunch in
  2. (intransitive, slang) To be distracted, spacey or out to lunch, often as a result of cannabis use.
    • Dude is totally lunching out right now.

Antonyms of lunch out

Forms of lunch out

third-person singular presentlunches out
present participlelunching out
past participlelunched out
pastlunched out

Questions about lunch out

What does lunch out mean?
Lunch out means to have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.
What part of speech is lunch out?
Lunch out is a verb.
What is the past tense of lunch out?
The past tense of lunch out is lunched out.

Words near lunch out in the dictionary

  1. lunch ladies
  2. lunch lady
  3. lunch meat
  4. lunch meats
  5. lunch money
  6. lunch out
  7. lunch pail
  8. lunch pail Democrat
  9. lunch pail Democrats
  10. lunch pails
  11. lunch shaming

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