out to lunch
Example Sentences
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"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."
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024
“They’ve been out to lunch for a long time,” Robinson said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
The next year, colleagues took her out to lunch and brought a cake for her 101st birthday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023
It "did not make money because people understood the science was so out to lunch," Emory University Physics Professor Sidney Perkowitz proclaimed at the time.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023
So on Wednesday, I asked Annemarie if she wanted to go out to lunch with me and she said yes.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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