out to lunch
Example Sentences
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Maybe that happened before COVID, but now the stuff he's saying, it's just completely out to lunch.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025
"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
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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