English > hit the bottle: 1 sense > verb 1, consumptionMeaning | consume alcohol. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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Synonyms | drink, booze, fuddle |
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Entailed by | sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption |
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toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail | Propose a toast to |
wine and dine | Eat sumptuously |
Narrower | carry, hold | drink alcohol without showing ill effects |
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claret | drink claret |
port | drink port |
pub-crawl, bar hop | Go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk |
souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up | Become drunk or drink excessively |
tank | Consume excessive amounts of alcohol |
tipple, bib | drink moderately but regularly |
wine | drink wine |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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Similar to | drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
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Spanish | beber, emborracharse, soplar, tomar unas copas, tomar |
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Catalan | beure, prendre |
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