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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.

See also

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