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bending one's elbow

bending one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of bend one's elbow.

Meaning of bend one's elbow

Verb

bend one's elbow (third-person singular simple present bends one's elbow, present participle bending one's elbow, simple past and past participle bent one's elbow)

  1. (idiomatic) To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.
    • One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he starts bending his elbow or ties one on. When he is really "plastered," El Caucho looks grim, but he isn't really nasty.2002, Jacques Stephen Alexis, In the Flicker of an Eyelid, page 32

Questions about bending one's elbow

What is bending one's elbow the present participle and gerund of?
Bending one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of bend one's elbow.

Words near bending one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. bendiness
  2. bending
  3. bending down
  4. bending it like Beckham
  5. bending one off
  6. bending one's elbow
  7. bending over
  8. bending over backward
  9. bending over backwards
  10. bending someone's ear
  11. bending someone's will

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