out to (some meal)

out to (some meal)

Away from one's normal location to eat a particular meal. Do you want to go out to brunch tomorrow? Sorry, the boss is out to lunch right now. Can I leave a message?
See also: out

out to lunch

1. Literally, having left one's home or workplace to get lunch. I received an automated email from the accountant saying that she was out to lunch.
2. Figuratively, not connected or in touch with the real world; absentminded or uninformed. Jim's been a bit out to lunch lately, don't you think? Sorry, what did you say? I was out to lunch there for a minute.
See also: lunch, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

out to (a meal)

to be away, eating a meal. Mary is out to lunch right now. Fred went out to dinner for the evening.
See also: out

out to lunch

 
1. Lit. eating lunch away from one's place of work or activity. I'm sorry, but Sally Jones is out to lunch. May I take a message? She's been out to lunch for nearly two hours. When will she be back?
2. and out of it Fig. not alert; giddy; uninformed. Bill is really out of it. Why can't he pay attention? Don't be out of it, John. Wake up! Ann is really out to lunch these days.
See also: lunch, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

out to lunch

Not in touch with the real world, crazy; also, inattentive. For example, If he believes that story, he's really out to lunch, or Anne hasn't heard a word you said-she's out to lunch. This expression transfers a temporary physical absence for the purpose of eating to a temporary or permanent mental absence. [Slang; mid-1900s]
See also: lunch, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

out to lunch

INFORMAL
If you describe someone as out to lunch, you mean that they are behaving in a crazy way or are not aware of what is happening around them. I could not think how to reply. Now he would think I was out to lunch. Note: You can use out-to-lunch before a noun. He must be the most out-to-lunch chief executive in America.
See also: lunch, out
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

out to lunch

crazy; insane. informal
See also: lunch, out
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌout to ˈlunch

(informal, especially American English) crazy, stupid or confused: She has talent physically but mentally she’s out to lunch. I respect his scholarship, but he’s out to lunch on this matter.
See also: lunch, out
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

out to lunch

mod. absentminded; giddy; stupid acting. (see also OTL.) Old Ted is so out to lunch these days. Seems to be losing his mind.
See also: lunch, out
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

out to lunch

Slang
Not in touch with the real world; crazy.
See also: lunch, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

out to lunch

Extremely absentminded or stupid; also, crazy. The Science Digest of August 1955 defined this mid-twentieth-century slangy expression: “‘Out to lunch’ refers to someone who, in other years, just wasn’t ‘there’— and he is told immediately to ‘Get with it.’” See also the quotation under mean streak.
See also: lunch, out
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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  • out to
  • out to lunch
  • a/(one's) 20
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
  • be remembered for (something)
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • at door
  • at (one's) door