hit the bottle

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hit the bottle (third-person singular simple present hits the bottle, present participle hitting the bottle, simple past and past participle hit the bottle)

1. (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

• (to drink steadily and in excess): hit the booze, hit the sauce

Translations

to drink alcohol steadily and in excess

• Polish: zaglądać do butelki (pl) impf, zaglądać do kieliszka (pl) impf
• Russian: пить горькую (pitʹ gorʹkuju), прикладываться к бутылке (prikladyvatʹsja k butylke)