tie one on

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial,dated)Todrinkalcoholexcessively, to the point of being drunkSynonym:hang one on1940,Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan‎[2], volume109, page77:"Let'stie one on!" said Peachy gaily. "Come on, Eve!"Eve said she couldn't drink a thing. "Besides, it's fattening!"2004October 17,Paul Theroux, “Books: Damned Old Graham Greene”, inNew York Times, retrieved14 September 2010:Haiti[…]was distressed, tropical, ramshackle, overcrowded, poor and on the brink of civil war.[…]Its ornate hotels were in a state of decay, yet there was enough alcohol available for a guest totie one on.

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