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drank the Kool-Aid

drank the Kool-Aid is the simple past of drink the Kool-Aid.

Meaning of drink the Kool-Aid

Verb

drink the Kool-Aid (third-person singular simple present drinks the Kool-Aid, present participle drinking the Kool-Aid, simple past drank the Kool-Aid, past participle drunk the Kool-Aid)

  1. (US, colloquial) To come under the influence of a leader, organization, or movement to the point of believing uncritically in an espoused idea or ideology.
    • Outside the Convention Center, meanwhile, protesters on either side of police barricades waved signs, chanted, sang songs and heckled people walking inside to attend the fundraiser. Signs included "Limp Wrists Make Strong Fists," "I'd Rather Be Dead Than Born Again" and "Abort the Moral Majority."...1982 April 24, Claude Peck, “Demo Greets Falwell During Visit to Minneapolis”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Questions about drank the Kool-Aid

What is drank the Kool-Aid the simple past of?
Drank the Kool-Aid is the simple past of drink the Kool-Aid.

Words near drank the Kool-Aid in the dictionary

  1. drank one's own Kool-Aid
  2. drank out
  3. drank someone under the table
  4. drank something like lemonade
  5. drank the Kool Aid
  6. drank the Kool-Aid
  7. drank to
  8. drank under
  9. drank up
  10. drank with the flies
  11. dranken

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