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free lunch

–noun
1. food provided without charge in some bars and saloons to attract customers.
2. Informal. something given with no expectation of repayment, service, responsibility, etc.: In politics there's no free lunch—everyone expects favors to be repaid.

Origin:
1835–45
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free lunch

  1. n.
    something free. (Often negative.) : There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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