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hit the bottle

idiom

To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bottle away

    To store up or stock up.

  2. 02

    bottle up

    To keep suppressed and hidden.

  3. 03

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  4. 04

    fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch

    To become extremely unattractive.

  5. 05

    hit a lick

    To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally.

  6. 06

    hit a snag

    To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.

  7. 07

    hit a wall

    To come up against an insurmountable problem.

  8. 08

    hit above one's weight

    Alternative form of punch above one's weight.

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