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Meaning of tie one on | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk

colloquial, dated, idiomatic

Examples

“"Let's tie one on!" said Peachy gaily. "Come⟳ on, Eve!" Eve said she couldn't drink⟳ a thing. "Besides, it's fattening!"”
“Haiti […] was distressed, tropical, ramshackle, overcrowded, poor and on the brink of civil war. […] Its ornate hotels were in a state of decay, yet there was enough alcohol available for a guest to tie one on.”

CEFR level

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

tie oneself in knots tie oneself to the mast tie out tie over tie someone's hands tie someone's tubes

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