[General] We could meet

[suniljain]

We could meet on lunch.

We could meet over lunch.

Do these sentences convey the same meaning?

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

We could meet for lunch.

 

[Barb_D]

If your purpose is to spend time with someone, then you could meet "for lunch."

If you need to meet with someone for some other reason (a business meeting) and the time you can both meet is lunch time and you'll eat and meet at the same time, you meet "over lunch."

"On lunch" is not used.

 

[Lucy Boylan]

We could meet on lunch.

We could meet over lunch.

Do these sentences convey the same meaning?

It is not correct to say "we could meet on lunch". You can only use "over lunch". It means '- you'll meet and have lunch. It usually suggests a formal, business lunch rather than two friends meeting up.

 

[suniljain]

Is there any circumstances where we can use " we could meet on lunch"? Is this sentence is not correct at any circumstances?

Doesn't it mean that we can meet during lunch time?

 

[Tarheel]

Is there any circumstances where we can use " we could meet on lunch"? Is this sentence is not correct at any circumstances?

Doesn't it mean that we can meet during lunch time?

Say:

Are there any circumstances when we can use "we could meet on lunch"? Is this sentence not correct under any circumstances?

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Not unless it catches on. Until then, no.

 

[tedmc]

You can meet during lunch or at lunch/lunchtime. "On lunch" is not used.

 

[suniljain]

Say:

Are there any circumstances when we can use "we could meet on lunch"? Is this sentence not correct under any circumstances?

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Not unless it catches on. Until then, no.

What does 'catches on' mean?

 

[Tarheel]

Something catches on when it becomes popular.

 

[Tdol]

On lunch can be used, in BrE at least, when someone is absent because they are having lunch. It clearly wouldn't work in this context, but we could say the following:

She can't take your call now because she's on lunch. I'll get her to call you when she's back in the office.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In AmE we would more likely say "at lunch".

 

[Tdol]

We could also use at lunch, but on lunch or on her lunchbreak are used.

 

[Peedeebee]

I was just about to say I recall the "on lunch" phrase. When I began to work in Yorkshire I was puzzled by the reply "she's on her lunch". I suppose it's a contraction of "on her lunch break". To me the phrase would have been "at lunch". We don't say "on breakfast" or "on dinner" either. That could mean the person was a waiter and on (the) breakfast shift.
I always think of James Thurber with phrases like this. If I'm on lunch, am I sitting on it?

 

[Tdol]

If I'm on lunch, am I sitting on it?

If you're at lunch, what are you doing to it.

I'm from the Midlands, and on (her) lunch is used there. At lunch works too. :up: