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bottoms up

bottoms up interjection: cheers! (the drinking toast).

Interjection

  1. Cheers! (the drinking toast)

Origin of bottoms up

An allusion to the bottoms of the drinkers' glasses being raised.

Questions about bottoms up

What does bottoms up mean?
Bottoms up means cheers! (the drinking toast).
What part of speech is bottoms up?
Bottoms up is an interjection.

Words near bottoms up in the dictionary

  1. bottoms of the hour
  2. bottoms of the hours
  3. bottoms on
  4. bottoms out
  5. bottoms the house
  6. bottoms up
  7. bottoms up squat
  8. bottoms up squats
  9. bottomset bed
  10. bottomspace
  11. bottomspin

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