"prop up the bar" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-prop up the bar.ogg [Australia] Forms: props up the bar [present, singular, third-person], propping up the bar [participle, present], propped up the bar [participle, past], propped up the bar [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=prop up the bar}} prop up the bar (third-person singular simple present props up the bar, present participle propping up the bar, simple past and past participle propped up the bar)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, derogatory) To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Drinking Related terms: barfly

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