Hit The Bottle (Verb)
Meaning
Consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- After her promotion she decided to hit the bottle and celebrate a successful year at work.
- He started to hit the bottle more often after his divorce, often drowning his sorrows at night.
- The students hit the bottle after passing their exams, unleashing a wild party that went into the early morning.
- The rock star was known to hit the bottle in the 80s but has since become a vocal advocate for sobriety.
- For a while, he hit the bottle every evening after finding out his wife had been lying about her illness.