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drown one's sorrows

drown one's sorrows verb: to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

Verb

drown one's sorrows (third-person singular simple present drowns one's sorrows, present participle drowning one's sorrows, simple past and past participle drowned one's sorrows)

  1. To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

Forms of drown one's sorrows

third-person singular presentdrowns one's sorrows
present participledrowning one's sorrows
past participledrowned one's sorrows
pastdrowned one's sorrows

Questions about drown one's sorrows

What does drown one's sorrows mean?
Drown one's sorrows means to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.
What part of speech is drown one's sorrows?
Drown one's sorrows is a verb.
What is the past tense of drown one's sorrows?
The past tense of drown one's sorrows is drowned one's sorrows.

Words near drown one's sorrows in the dictionary

  1. droveway
  2. droveways
  3. droving
  4. drow
  5. drown
  6. drown one's sorrows
  7. drown out
  8. drown the miller
  9. drown'd
  10. drownable
  11. drownage

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