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hit the sauce

hit the sauce verb: synonym of hit the bottle.

Verb

hit the sauce (third-person singular simple present hits the sauce, present participle hitting the sauce, simple past and past participle hit the sauce)

  1. Synonym of hit the bottle.
    • Pat Crowley's been hitting the sauce pretty hard since Karen split, and he's got no head for it.2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 120
    • If you've done all you can, and everyone still hit the sauce a little too hard, take their keys, call them a cab, offer them the couch, or give them a ride if you are sober2009, Christina Perozzi, Hallie Beaune, The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    hit the bottle

Synonyms of hit the sauce

Forms of hit the sauce

third-person singular presenthits the sauce
present participlehitting the sauce
past participlehit the sauce
pasthit the sauce

Questions about hit the sauce

What does hit the sauce mean?
Hit the sauce means synonym of hit the bottle.
What part of speech is hit the sauce?
Hit the sauce is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the sauce?
The past tense of hit the sauce is hit the sauce.

Words near hit the sauce in the dictionary

  1. hit the road
  2. hit the rock
  3. hit the rocks
  4. hit the roof
  5. hit the sack
  6. hit the sauce
  7. hit the sheets
  8. hit the shelves
  9. hit the shops
  10. hit the shower
  11. hit the showers

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