Phrase of the Day (eat someone’s lunch)-10NOV22

Phrase of the Day (eat someone's lunch)-10NOV22

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is eat someone’s lunch and its meaning is “to outdo, outplay or defeat someone thoroughly; to be much more successful than someone; to take advantage of someone”.

Example Sentence: There are a lot of reasons why Mark Zuckerberg felt he had no choice but to institute a bruising wave of 11,000 redundancies (layoffs/sackings) at Meta… As lockdowns lifted and in-person socialisation returned, Meta’s revenues contracted, leaving the company, with almost 90,000 employees, financially exposed. There were other reasons offered by Zuckerberg for the job losses. Zuckerberg did not name the rivals eating Facebook’s lunch. But it’s clear he was referring to competition from TikTok, a trendy app stealing users and dominating the zeitgeist, and a change of policy at Apple…

Phrase of the Day (eat someone's lunch)-10NOV22

This phrase is present in The Guardian article Why Mark Zuckerberg had to announce 11,000 job cuts at Meta and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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