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Meaning of have a couple | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.

colloquial

Examples

He's kind of funny and likes to play the guitar when he's had a couple.”
It's like he sees me as a woman once he's had a couple.”
For even the puniest, wouldn’t know a muscle if it shook his hand at a party and saidHello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oafonce he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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