"do drugs" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-do drugs.ogg Forms: does drugs [present, singular, third-person], doing drugs [participle, present], did drugs [past], done drugs [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> drugs}} do drugs (third-person singular simple present does drugs, present participle doing drugs, simple past did drugs, past participle done drugs)
  1. (idiomatic) To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction. Tags: idiomatic Translations (do drugs): drugs gebruiken (Dutch), käyttää huumeita (Finnish), Drogen nehmen (German), drogozik (Hungarian), brać narkotyki [imperfective] (Polish), se droga (Romanian), drogarse (Spanish), endrogarse (Spanish)
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