holding one's liquor
holding one's liquor is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- hold one's alcohol, hold one's drink
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