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held one's liquor

held one's liquor is the simple past and past participle of hold one's liquor.

Meaning of hold one's liquor

Verb

hold one's liquor (third-person singular simple present holds one's liquor, present participle holding one's liquor, simple past and past participle held one's liquor)

  1. (idiomatic) To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.
    • Just because a person is descended from hard-drinking ancestors is no sign that he can "hold his liquor" better than others.1927, “Alcoholic Rats and Heredity”, in Popular Science, volume 110, number 6, page 39

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What is held one's liquor the simple past and past participle of?
Held one's liquor is the simple past and past participle of hold one's liquor.

Words near held one's liquor in the dictionary

  1. held one's drink
  2. held one's fire
  3. held one's head high
  4. held one's horses
  5. held one's jaw
  6. held one's liquor
  7. held one's nerve
  8. held one's nose
  9. held one's nose up
  10. held one's own
  11. held one's peace

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