"drink under the table" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-drink under the table.wav Forms: drinks under the table [present, singular, third-person], drinking under the table [participle, present], drank under the table [past], drunk under the table [participle, past]
Etymology: Synchronic aspects: parallel in form with talk someone under the table. Etymology templates: {{glossary|synchrony|Synchronic}} Synchronic Head templates: {{en-verb|drink<,,drank,drunk> under the table}} drink under the table (third-person singular simple present drinks under the table, present participle drinking under the table, simple past drank under the table, past participle drunk under the table)
  1. (transitive) To drink more alcohol than (someone) while remaining relatively sober. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Drinking Synonyms: drink under tables Related terms: hollow leg Translations (drink more alcohol than): 酒量 (jiǔliàng) (english: no exact term exists, see:) (Chinese Mandarin), iemand onder tafel drinken (Dutch), juoda pöydän alle (Finnish), unter den Tisch trinken (German), unter den Tisch saufen [colloquial] (German), az asztal alá iszik (Hungarian), перепи́ть (perepítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), dricka någon under bordet (Swedish)
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        "(transitive) To drink more alcohol than (someone) while remaining relatively sober."
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