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bends one's elbow

bends one's elbow is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bends one's elbow

What is bends one's elbow the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bends one's elbow is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bend one's elbow.

Words near bends one's elbow in the dictionary

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

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