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take lunch vs eat lunch

Both "take lunch" and "eat lunch" are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. "Take lunch" is commonly used in British English to mean having a break for lunch, while "eat lunch" is more widely used to specifically refer to consuming food during the lunch period.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 800 views

take lunch

This phrase is correct, especially in British English, where it means to have a break for lunch.

This phrase is commonly used in British English to indicate taking a break for lunch. It implies the action of pausing work or activities to have lunch.

Examples:

I usually take lunch at 1 p.m. during my workday.
Let's take lunch together and discuss the project.
She prefers to take lunch in the park when the weather is nice.

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Would that my friend worked down the hallway still, free to take lunch with me every Friday... as was our wont.
Perhaps Your Highnesses would care to take lunch at the Louveciennes aqueduct?
OK, so, if the rest of you want to take lunch... I'll do Moss first.
We do not want it to be ceremonial, we do not simply want to take lunch in Rome, although Rome is a wonderful city.
I'd like to take lunch here, if I may?
Let's take a short break here to take lunch orders.
No one in this building forgets to tell me when they take lunch.
I will take lunch and dinner from home.
Gentlemen, I can take lunch orders at your convenience.
Gentlemen, I can take lunch orders at your convenience.
But the rest of us get to do more than take lunch orders.
I even got enough for us to take lunch.
We're not supposed to take lunch for another hour.
I even got enough for us to take lunch.
We don't really take lunch breaks here.
Is it cool if I take lunch?
I take lunch hour. This is not - no, no, no, this is not claps.
let's take lunch now, come back at two prompt, and start over again.
But most importantly, he's losing his role as hunter, gatherer, as you go out into the world and take lunch with dynamic men like me!
Take lunch with us, Father.

Alternatives:

have lunch
grab lunch
go for lunch
lunch break
take a lunch break

eat lunch

This phrase is correct and widely used to refer to the act of consuming food during the lunch period.

This phrase is commonly used to specifically refer to the action of consuming food during the lunch period. It focuses on the act of eating rather than taking a break.

Examples:

I usually eat lunch at my desk while working.
Let's eat lunch before we head to the meeting.
She forgot to eat lunch because she was busy all morning.

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Of course you could eat lunch with Jensen tomorrow.
Honey, I didn't have a chance to eat lunch.
She is also often hungry, due to not being able to eat lunch for fear of revealing her teeth.
Nowadays, General Gabler does not eat lunch.
But, no, we eat lunch together every day.
Get this - last Tuesday, I forgot to eat lunch.
Your family takes forever to eat lunch.
But can't eat lunch with you guys anymore.
I saw you eat lunch alone.
Considering you eat lunch with the girls down at the city planner's office...
Max told Jabbar that they had to eat lunch together every day.
I didn't eat lunch and my stomach's not...
Might as well eat lunch while we're here.
Sorry, I forgot to eat lunch.
J.D. And I usually eat lunch together.
I must have forgotten to eat lunch today.
I'm beginning to understand why you eat lunch at your desk alone.
We can't even eat lunch together anymore.
I mean we don't even eat lunch together anymore.

Alternatives:

have lunch
grab lunch
lunchtime
have a bite to eat
have a midday meal

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