"lash back" meaning in All languages combined

See lash back on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lashes back [present, singular, third-person], lashing back [participle, present], lashed back [participle, past], lashed back [past]
Etymology: Compare on the lash. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lash back (third-person singular simple present lashes back, present participle lashing back, simple past and past participle lashed back)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lash, back.
    Sense id: en-lash_back-en-verb-1QbN0h45
  2. To drink an alcoholic beverage in an enthusiastic or rapid manner.
    Sense id: en-lash_back-en-verb-LT4B0B5d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009 March 31, Ken Bruen, Cross: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 264:",
          "text": "A couple next to us were lashing back tequila, the whole salt-and-lemon vibe, and having a whale of a time. I felt like a priest and that's about as bad as it gets. The drinks came and we clinked glasses.",
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          "ref": "2009 October 16, Brian O'Connell, Wasted: Sober in Ireland: A Sober Journey Through Drunken Ireland, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Also when I was young and lashing back pints, there was no great problem about it because I wasn't responsible to anybody. Then I got married, and later, when the kids were growing up, my drinking began to be a problem.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 October 13, Philly McMahon, The Choice, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The gag was always the same. Someone would go up to the bar and come back with their two drinks and put one down in front of me. 'That's yours, Philly. I got you a drink.' Then there's be a pause for a second. 'Ah you don't want it, grand,' and he'd reach over, pick it up, and lash it back himself. They'd try to sneak a bit of whiskey or vodka into my Coke for the laugh, but if one of them handed me a soft drink, I knew well enough to sniff[…]",
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          "text": "Also when I was young and lashing back pints, there was no great problem about it because I wasn't responsible to anybody. Then I got married, and later, when the kids were growing up, my drinking began to be a problem.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2017 October 13, Philly McMahon, The Choice, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The gag was always the same. Someone would go up to the bar and come back with their two drinks and put one down in front of me. 'That's yours, Philly. I got you a drink.' Then there's be a pause for a second. 'Ah you don't want it, grand,' and he'd reach over, pick it up, and lash it back himself. They'd try to sneak a bit of whiskey or vodka into my Coke for the laugh, but if one of them handed me a soft drink, I knew well enough to sniff[…]",
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