"drink with the flies" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 drink with the flies.ogg [Australia], En-au-drink with the flies.ogg [Australia] Forms: drinks with the flies [present, singular, third-person], drinking with the flies [participle, present], drank with the flies [past], drunk with the flies [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drink<,,drank,drunk> with the flies}} drink with the flies (third-person singular simple present drinks with the flies, present participle drinking with the flies, simple past drank with the flies, past participle drunk with the flies)
  1. (idiomatic, Australia) To drink alcohol while alone. Tags: Australia, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-drink_with_the_flies-en-verb-l5jodKFy Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for drink with the flies meaning in English (1.8kB)

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