out to lunch
Example Sentences
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Office workers out to lunch got an impromptu lesson on its parts.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Similarly, "Pretty Vacant" conveys the emptiness of a conformist, consumer-driven society that is perpetually out to lunch.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
“They’ve been out to lunch for a long time,” Robinson said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
The comic took her and her family out to lunch the following month after Ms Nuttall was told the tumour had grown back and the family later brought Christmas forward after news it had spread.
From BBC • May 22, 2023
We had a few hours to kill when we arrived in San Francisco, so Mitra took me out to lunch and we roamed the crowded city streets.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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