lunch out

verb

To have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.

“Let's lunch out today.”

Opposite
lunch in
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Meanings

verblunch out (third-person singular simple present lunches out, present participle lunching out, simple past and past participle lunched out)

present singular third person lunches out · participle present lunching out · participle past lunched out · past lunched out

  1. informalintransitiveTo have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.

    Let's lunch out today.

    Antonyms: lunch in

  2. intransitiveslangTo be distracted, spacey or out to lunch, often as a result of cannabis use.

    Dude is totally lunching out right now.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have lunch either outdoors or in a restaurant; to dine out for lunch.

Opposite
lunch in
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APA

lunch out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunch%20out

MLA

“lunch out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunch%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunch out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunch%20out.

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