out to lunch
- absent-minded phr.
- abstracted phr.
- bananas phr.
- comatose phr.
- confused phr.
- crackers phr.
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- oblivious phr.
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- 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
I remember going out to lunch with my parents and a friend and his parents, and it wasn’t raining so hard that we couldn’t have lunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Similarly, "Pretty Vacant" conveys the emptiness of a conformist, consumer-driven society that is perpetually out to lunch.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
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
Afterward, my parents took me out to lunch.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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