hit the bottle

Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

But stress prompted him to hit the bottle.

From Washington Times

“Your mother, too. I mean, I saw her commencement speech and she’s saying, you know, she hit the bottle.”

From Washington Times

Per capita, however, America is far from an international heavyweight. Product review and comparison firm CompareCamp pulled together alcohol sales data from all over the world to see which countries hit the bottle the hardest.

From US News

Unfortunately, he accidentally hit the bottle against a table, breaking two holes into the back of the bottle.

From Chicago Tribune

An Arizona math teacher arrived drunk at her high school and hit the bottle again in the classroom, where she yelled at her students before one of the pupils alerted administrators, authorities said on Thursday.

From Reuters