"do lunch" meaning in English

See do lunch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does lunch [present, singular, third-person], doing lunch [participle, present], did lunch [past], done lunch [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> lunch}} do lunch (third-person singular simple present does lunch, present participle doing lunch, simple past did lunch, past participle done lunch)
  1. To have a lunchtime meeting, usually at a restaurant.
    Sense id: en-do_lunch-en-verb-pr3z~WnG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for do lunch meaning in English (1.9kB)

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