lose one's lunch

lose (one's) lunch

slang To vomit. I felt like I was going to lose my lunch from seasickness out on that boat.

See also: lose, lunch

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lose one's lunch

Vomit, as in When Anne saw the wound, she thought she'd lose her lunch. This expression does not usually refer to a specific meal and probably survives because of alliteration. [Colloquial; c. 1940]

See also: lose, lunch

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lose one’s lunch

verb

See blow one’s lunch

See also: lose, lunch

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