Meaning of have a few | Babel Free

Definitions

To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.

colloquial

Examples

“'Course, once he's had a few, the old man'll gab the hind leg off a donkey.”

“"Are you drunk?" "I've had a few." "You sound drunk," Maria said.”

“I drink to be exciting. It seems I say the funniest things when I've had a few.”

“The phone at the lake house rings and rings, until my father's voice, very groggy — it's the way he sounds once he's had a few — is finally heard.”

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