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tie one on

verb

Etymology

From earlier tie a bun on, where bun means “bender, drunken spree” and probably comes from bung. First attested in the 1940s.

Definitions

  1. To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk

    • "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.

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