down the hatch

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Drink up, as in “ Down the hatch,” said Bill, as they raised their glasses . This phrase, often used as a toast, employs hatch in the sense of “a trap door found on ships.” [ Slang ; c. 1930]

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April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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