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hit the bottle

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  1. Also,. Drink alcoholic beverages, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She hardly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out, or It doesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce every night. These slangy expressions date from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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A few of the ladies joined them, but nobody hit the bottle, which was finally left bobbing about on the tide.

From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean

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