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out to lunch
Idioms and Phrases
Not in touch with the real world, crazy; also, inattentive. For example, If he believes that story, he's really out to lunch , or Anne hasn't heard a word you said—she's out to lunch . This expression transfers a temporary physical absence for the purpose of eating to a temporary or permanent mental absence. [ Slang ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
"He picked on a few boys within that group, befriend us, invited us back out to lunch at his family home and slowly over the years became a sort of father figure to me."
Phoong didn’t have any merch at the time, so instead she invited the girl out to lunch.
“In all likelihood, unless the president is completely out to lunch for some reason or another, either physically or mentally, the office itself functions.”
Phoong didn’t have any merch at the time, so instead she invited the girl out to lunch.
“So, I called them up, and it turned out that one of the men who was running the study had been a roommate of mine years before. He took me out to lunch and said, ‘What do you think?’ and I said, ‘I think I’ve got it,’ and he said, ‘You’re right.’
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