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lunch
verbs
have lunch
• Have you had lunch?
eat lunch
• What time do you usually eat lunch?
have something for lunch
• I usually have sandwiches for lunch.
take somebody (out) to lunch
(= pay for someone else's lunch when you go to a restaurant )
• He took her out for lunch at a local pub.
go out for/to lunch
(= have lunch at a restaurant )
• I don't often go out to lunch, as it's expensive.
come for/to lunch
(= come to someone's house for lunch )
• Can you come to lunch tomorrow?
break for lunch
(= stop doing something in order to eat lunch )
• Why don't we break for lunch about 1 o'clock?
make lunch
• You clear the table while I make lunch.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lunch
a light lunch
(= a small lunch )
• After a light lunch, he would take a nap each afternoon.
a packed lunch
British English , a bag/sack lunch American English (= food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc )
• Most of the children had brought packed lunches.
a business/working lunch
(= a lunch during which you also do business )
• She was having a business lunch with a customer.
a school lunch
(= a lunch provided by a school )
• Free school lunches are provided for the poorest children.
lunch + NOUN
a lunch break
(= a time when you stop working to eat lunch )
• We took a half hour lunch break.
the lunch hour
(= the time when people stop working to eat lunch )
• I try to go out for a walk during my lunch hour.
a lunch date
(= when you meet someone for lunch )
• I've got a lunch date.
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noun ADJ. cold, hot | delicious, tasty | hearty, slap-up, splendid, sumptuous | four-course, three-course, etc. | leisurely, long | heavy | healthy, light | meagre | sandwich We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar. | packed | picnic | pub | early, late | Sunday | annual The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday. | business, expense-account, working | school | literary | boozy, liquid (= consisting only of alcoholic drinks) LUNCH + NOUN box, break, date, hour, party, table | things I helped wash up the lunch things. | meeting | guest | bill | club PHRASES a spot of lunch Come and have a spot of lunch with me.MEAL (for verbs)
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