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
Doroteiadoo-roo-TAY-əPortuguese
Sanya (1)-Arabic
Melpomeni-Greek
Baldwin['bɔ:ldwin]
ĽUbica-Slovak
AukustiOW-koos-teeFinnish