"hit the bottle" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit the bottle.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits the bottle [present, singular, third-person], hitting the bottle [participle, present], hit the bottle [participle, past], hit the bottle [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the bottle}} hit the bottle (third-person singular simple present hits the bottle, present participle hitting the bottle, simple past and past participle hit the bottle)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Drinking Synonyms (to drink steadily and in excess): hit the booze, hit the sauce Translations (to drink alcohol steadily and in excess): zaglądać do butelki [imperfective] (Polish), zaglądać do kieliszka [imperfective] (Polish), пить горькую (pitʹ gorʹkuju) (Russian), прикладываться к бутылке (prikladyvatʹsja k butylke) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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