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eat (one's) lunch eat (one's) lunchslang To defeat one. I've been practicing really hard because I refuse to let my nemesis eat my lunch again.See also: eat, luncheat someone's lunchSl. 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, luncheat someone's lunchsee under eat someone alive. See also: eat, luncheat somebody’s ˈlunch (American English, business) take away another company’s business or their share of the market: Unless we’re careful, foreign competitors will eat our lunch.See also: eat, luncheat 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 |