lose one's lunch

verb

To vomit, throw up.

Meanings

verblose one's lunch (third-person singular simple present loses one's lunch, present participle losing one's lunch, simple past and past participle lost one's lunch)

present singular third person loses one's lunch · participle present losing one's lunch · participle past lost one's lunch · past lost one's lunch

  1. euphemisticslangTo vomit, throw up.

    Exactly one minute later, the first of the passengers lost their lunch over the side.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 235

    Synonyms: launch one's lunch, launch lunch

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo vomit, throw up.

Translations

Finnish yrjötä
  • yrjötäslang: to vomit
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