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Meaning of be the worse for drink | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be drunk.

Examples

“Driver James Mitchell was the worse for drink. When he took duty at Carlisle on the previous evening, he was smelling of whisky; there were signs of drink on him at Beattock, and when they left Carstairs on the return journey, he was worse.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

be there be to be used to be with be worried be wrong