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drink something like lemonade

drink something like lemonade verb: to drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.

Verb

drink something like lemonade (third-person singular simple present drinks something like lemonade, present participle drinking something like lemonade, simple past drank something like lemonade, past participle drunk something like lemonade)

  1. (simile) To drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.
    • The weasel drank his scotch like lemonade and before we had even touched upon our topic of interest he ordered another.2011, Joe Thompson-Swift, A Choice of Evils
    • I had come to love sweet mixed drinks — whiskey sours, Bacardi cocktails, daiquiris — and I drank them like lemonade.1981, Mary Ann Crenshaw, End of the Rainbow, page 12

Forms of drink something like lemonade

third-person singular presentdrinks something like lemonade
present participledrinking something like lemonade
pastdrank something like lemonade
past participledrunk something like lemonade

Questions about drink something like lemonade

What does drink something like lemonade mean?
Drink something like lemonade means to drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.
What part of speech is drink something like lemonade?
Drink something like lemonade is a verb.
What is the past tense of drink something like lemonade?
The past tense of drink something like lemonade is drank something like lemonade.

Words near drink something like lemonade in the dictionary

  1. drink run
  2. drink runs
  3. drink shop
  4. drink shops
  5. drink someone's bathwater
  6. drink something like lemonade
  7. drink table
  8. drink tables
  9. drink the Kool Aid
  10. drink the Kool-Aid
  11. drink to

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