on the sauce in English

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Etymology: From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang sauce (“any alcoholic drink”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|on||regularly taking}} on (“regularly taking”), {{m|en|the}} the, {{m|en|sauce||any alcoholic drink}} sauce (“any alcoholic drink”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on the sauce

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      "glosses": [
        "Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess."
      ],
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        "(slang) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on the grog"
        },
        {
          "word": "on the piss"
        },
        {
          "word": "on the turps"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the sauce"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "on",
        "3": "",
        "4": "regularly taking"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "2": "the"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "any alcoholic drink"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang sauce (“any alcoholic drink”).",
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        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
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  ],
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        "Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess."
      ],
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          "alcoholic",
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        "(slang) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "on the grog"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the piss"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the turps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the sauce"
}

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"on the sauce" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase