Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gone by lunchtime

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: gone by lunchtime
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Removed or cancelled right away.

Example Sentences

"Foreign policy could not remain with Lockwood Smith who told visiting US Senators that New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy would be "gone by lunchtime.""
"It's a meaningless race to the bottom of populist politics that undermines the complexity of tackling poverty as an endemic, intergenerational issue; that reduces it to something comfortably dealt with in the space of an electoral cycle – gone by lunchtime, perhaps?"
"And the BBC's own Nicky Campbell has queried if the pair will be "gone by lunchtime" following allegations from the comedian's ex-girlfriend Rebecca Humphries."
"I'll tell you what the Aussies would do - this guy would be gone by lunchtime."
"Kaikoura District Council chief executive Stuart Grant said the group wanted “ECan gone by lunchtime. This is a chance to gut the organisation. If water is staffed by ECan, it is doomed.”"

Etymology

A reference to a sudden termination of employment, when an employee is told to pack up their belongings and be "gone by lunchtime".

Questions

What does gone by lunchtime mean?: Removed or cancelled right away.
Where does gone by lunchtime come from?: A reference to a sudden termination of employment, when an employee is told to pack up their belongings and be "gone by lunchtime".

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