out to lunch
- absent-minded phr.
- abstracted phr.
- bananas phr.
- comatose phr.
- confused phr.
- crackers phr.
- crazy phr.
- disjointed phr.
- forgetful phr.
- haywire phr.
- heedless phr.
- idiotic phr.
- inattentive phr.
- incompetent phr.
- loony phr.
- mixed-up phr.
- muddle-headed phr.
- oblivious phr.
- spaced out phr.
- spacey/spacy phr.
- stupid phr.
- thick-witted phr.
- unaware phr.
- unbalanced phr.
- unhinged phr.
- uninformed phr.
- unknowing phr.
Example Sentences
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Yesterday, we babysat our granddaughter while our daughter and her husband went out to lunch to celebrate her birthday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Office workers out to lunch got an impromptu lesson on its parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
"There's already a rat infestation around here now. They are coming out to lunch every day," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
Maybe that happened before COVID, but now the stuff he's saying, it's just completely out to lunch.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025
After practice, they’ll all go to the beach or out to lunch at one of those fancy places where you can’t go barefoot like you can at my favorite place, Saucepan Lynn’s.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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