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bent one's elbow

bent one's elbow is the simple past and past participle 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 bent one's elbow

What is bent one's elbow the simple past and past participle of?
Bent one's elbow is the simple past and past participle of bend one's elbow.

Words near bent one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. bent grasses
  2. bent it like Beckham
  3. bent on
  4. bent on a splice
  5. bent one off
  6. bent one's elbow
  7. bent over
  8. bent over backward
  9. bent over backwards
  10. bent someone's ear
  11. bent someone's will

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