eat lunch



eat someone's lunch

Sl. to best someone; to defeat, outwit, or win against someone. (Like a school bully taking away children's lunches and eating them.) The upstart ABC Computer Company is eating IBM's lunch.
See also: eat, lunch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AsunAH-soonSpanish
ChesleyCHES-leeEnglish
MÓNicaMO-nee-kahSpanish
Sabelasa-BEL-aGalician
JulijaYOO-lee-yah (Slovene)Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Italus-Roman Mythology