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Meaning of on the lash | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Out drinking socially; usually involving heavy alcohol consumption.

UK, slang

Examples

“There's endless coverage of drunken "ladettes" out on the lash, young girls being sick into gutters, lying in streets, smoking, getting pregnant, looking gormless, telling people with research⟳ clipboards that "all they wanna be is famous, innit".”

CEFR level

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

on the latch on the level on the line on the lookout on the loose on the make

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