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hit the bottle

hit the bottle (slang)

To drink excessively

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Main Entry: ↑hit

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hit the bottle/take to the bottle/informal phrase

to start drinking a lot of alcohol

He hit the bottle after losing his job.

Thesaurus: to drink alcohol, or to be drunk_synonym

Main entry: bottle

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I

informal drink heavily

II

see bottle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.