do lunch

verb

To have a lunchtime meeting, usually at a restaurant.

Meanings

verbdo lunch (third-person singular simple present does lunch, present participle doing lunch, simple past did lunch, past participle done lunch)

present singular third person does lunch · participle present doing lunch · past did lunch · participle past done lunch

  1. To have a lunchtime meeting, usually at a restaurant.

    I thought you said you do lunch with a lot of the people you do business with.

    2014, Mary Monroe, God Ain't Blind
    3 more examples

    The two women exchanged phone numbers and promised to do lunch. In Sharon's world, a promise to do lunch was not to be taken lightly and after a lengthy phone conversation Sunday evening, she decided that Monday would be a good day to have lunch with their new found friends.

    2008, Clyde Dowell II, Women Can't Play, page 78

    We'd done lunch in one of the older hostelries in the historic part of Beaconsfield, and were now off on a meandering journey through the rural delights of western England.

    2014, Geoffrey Gilson, Dead Men Don't Eat Lunch, page 16

    In those days business lunches were the norm and usually consisted of a couple of pints, but I very rarely did lunch.

    2018, Tony McDowell, How Did I Get Here?, page 54
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