"down the hatch" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1943 March 22, “AIR: You've Had It”, in Time, retrieved 2010-02-07",
          "text": "In Cairo, the New York Herald Tribune's correspondent, John (\"Tex\") O'Reilly, found U.S. soldiers no less infected with the new English language: \"When two Americans are having a drink they no longer shout ‘Down the hatch!’ They raise their glasses and say ‘Cheers’ in modulated tones.\"",
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          "ref": "2008 January 30, Paul Lukas, “Gluttonous Rite Survives Without Silverware”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-02-07",
          "text": "As waiters brought trays of meat, the guests reached over and harvested the pink slices with their bare hands, popping them down the hatch.",
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        "Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage."
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        "(informal) Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage."
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          "word": "over the river"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
          "word": "cul sec"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
          "word": "fenékig"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
          "word": "goela abaixo"
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  "word": "down the hatch"
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        "(informal) Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage."
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
      "word": "cul sec"
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      "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
      "word": "fenékig"
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      "sense": "into the mouth and down the throat",
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  "word": "down the hatch"
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