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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

do lunch en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To have a lunchtime meeting, usually at a restaurant.
    • In those days business lunches were the norm and usually consisted of a couple of pints, but I very rarely did lunch. 2018, Tony McDowell, How Did I Get Here?, page 54:
    • The two women exchanged phone numbers and promised to do lunch. In Sharon's world, a promise to do lunch was not to be taken lightly and after a lengthy phone conversation Sunday evening, she decided that Monday would be a good day to have lunch with their new found friends. 2008, Clyde Dowell II, Women Can't Play, page 78:
    • I thought you said you do lunch with a lot of the people you do business with. 2014, Mary Monroe, God Ain't Blind:
    • We'd done lunch in one of the older hostelries in the historic part of Beaconsfield, and were now off on a meandering journey through the rural delights of western England. 2014, Geoffrey Gilson, Dead Men Don't Eat Lunch, page 16:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
done lunch Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
doing lunch Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
does lunch Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
did lunch Tense=Past lexicographic