lunch
noun [ C or U ]
uk/lʌnʃ/ usa meal that is eaten in the middle of the day:
be at/have/eat lunch I'm having lunch with Tomoko on Monday.
go (out) to lunch I'm sorry, Joanna isn't here at the moment, she's gone out to lunch.
take sb (out) for lunch I often take my clients out for lunch.
We must do lunch sometime.
over lunch I look forward to continuing our discussion over lunch.
Our company provides buffet lunches for business meetings.
there is no such thing as a free lunch
used for saying that you cannot get something for nothing:
We all like the idea of more time off work but there is no such thing as a free lunch.
See also
business lunch
power lunch
lunch
verb [ I ]
uk/lʌnʃ/ usto eat a meal in the middle of the day:
lunch with sb I'm lunching with Giles.