into the drink

Idioms  

1. Into the water, especially the ocean. For example, One more wave and I thought I'd fall off the boat into the drink. [Slang; c. 1830]

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Example Sentences

He and business partner Bardy Bayram briefly tossed up working noodles and coconut milk into the drink somehow, but decided floaties and a creamy flavour would probably be a bridge too far.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

“It's not a common move,” he says, because it can send bits of herbs or fruit into the drink, causing it to look “frothy, cloudier and chaotic in the glass.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2023

The pole screws or fastens into the drink holder of a theater armrest.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2023

Hence the cognac and minute amounts of foie gras and truffles that also go into the drink.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023

She pops the top off the cup and puts both straws into the drink.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements