Meaning of have a couple | Babel Free

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 said ‘Hello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oaf– once he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila!”

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