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Eat someone's lunch

//ˈiːt ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈlʌnt͡ʃ// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To best or defeat someone thoroughly; to make short work of. US, idiomatic, slang

    "So in a classic it-ain't-broke-so-let's-fix-it-anyway move, some of our managers and salespeople began complaining that it wasn't written for Windows. […] If we didn't rewrite for Windows, they insisted, our competitors would eat our lunch!"

Etymology

Possibly from the idea of a stronger or quicker person snatching away and eating another person’s lunch before they can consume it.

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