hit the bottle
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hit the bottle (third-person singular simple present hits the bottle, present participle hitting the bottle, simple past and past participle hit the bottle)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.
- He's been hitting the bottle hard since his wife left him.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to drink steadily and in excess): hit the booze, hit the sauce
Translations[edit]
to drink alcohol steadily and in excess
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