"name one's poison" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-name your poison.ogg [Australia] Forms: names one's poison [present, singular, third-person], naming one's poison [participle, present], named one's poison [participle, past], named one's poison [past]
Etymology: From the US prohibition era, when the government required that the base ingredients for many products have poisons added to them to make it harder for them to be distilled into alcohol. As a result, much of the prohibition alcohol was actually poison when not distilled completely or properly. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} name one's poison (third-person singular simple present names one's poison, present participle naming one's poison, simple past and past participle named one's poison)
  1. (idiomatic) To indicate what type of alcoholic beverage one wishes to be served. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-name_one's_poison-en-verb-s-hta-us Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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