brownbagging

brown bag

1. verb To pack one's own food (e.g., in a brown paper bag), especially lunch, usually for work or school. People who brown bag it each day eat healthier foods than those who go out for lunch.
2. noun Such a lunch. Aw man, I forgot my brown bag, so I'll have to buy lunch after all.
3. adjective Describing a gathering in which people bring their own bag lunches. The phrase can be hyphenated in this usage. Can we go out to a restaurant for a change? I'm sick of these brown-bag meetings.
See also: bag, brown

brown-bagging

Packing one's own food (e.g., in a brown paper bag), especially lunch, usually for work or school. Ever since I started brown-bagging it, I've been eating much healthier foods than when I used to go out for lunch.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bag it
  • bag someone
  • bagged
  • bagging
  • check out
  • check out, to
  • check something out
  • checkout
  • fall out
  • fallout
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They come to the door, advise you that you're suspected of brownbagging, and offer you a letter stipulating what you must pay to avoid being formally prosecuted.
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For others, it might mean foregoing smoking or drinking, or buying lunch instead of brownbagging. And for still others it might involve not having a telephone, or adapting to a diet of rice and beans.
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