eat someone’s lunch



eat someone’s lunch

tv. to best someone; to defeat, outwit, or win against someone. (In the way that a school bully takes away children’s lunches and eats them at recess.) The upstart ABC Computer Company is eating IBM’s lunch.
See also: eat, lunch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnnbjØRg-Norwegian
LorenLAWR-ənEnglish
Gennadygye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-deeRussian
LŪCija-Latvian
Farhan-Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Kristianekris-tee-AH-nəGerman