out to lunch
Example Sentences
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"There's already a rat infestation around here now. They are coming out to lunch every day," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025
Took me out to lunch, told me they were going to rebuild, and if I ever wanted to go somewhere, I didn’t have to be around for it … just as a “thank you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023
“They’ve been out to lunch for a long time,” Robinson said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 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
His family was going to the boat show the next day, then out to lunch, and maybe to the mall.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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