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Meaning of have a few | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

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

have a few too many have a finger in have a fit have a foot in both camps have a gas have a go

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