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Idiom

hold one's drink

Meaning

Synonym of hold one's liquor.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He can really hold his drink at parties.”

“I was surprised to see how well she could hold her drink during the long wedding reception.”

“Despite the constant flow of expensive wine throughout the evening, he managed to hold his drink with remarkable composure.”

Examples

simple

“He can really hold his drink at parties.”

contextual

“I was surprised to see how well she could hold her drink during the long wedding reception.”

complex

“Despite the constant flow of expensive wine throughout the evening, he managed to hold his drink with remarkable composure.”

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