have a couple

English

Verb

have a couple (third-person singular simple present has a couple, present participle having a couple, simple past and past participle had a couple)

1. (colloquial) To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.
   • 1992, Wesley Gibson, Shelter, Harmony Books, page 144:

     He's kind of funny and likes to play the guitar when he's had a couple.

   • 2005, Fay Freimuth, A Multitude of Mercies, iUniverse, page 155:

     It's like he sees me as a woman once he's had a couple.

   • 2008, Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters, The Rock from the Sky, Evans Brothers, page 41:

     For even the puniest, wouldn’t know a muscle if it shook his hand at a party and said ‘Hello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oaf– once he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila!

Synonyms

• have a few