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holds one's alcohol

holds one's alcohol is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's alcohol.

Meaning of hold one's alcohol

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of hold one's liquor.
    • Annie tells me that Thomas wrote hundreds of poems in this house, with his greatest output coming between ages 16 and 20. He worked in the morning and drank late, Annie says. Unfortunately, Thomas couldn’t hold his alcohol — perhaps because he was a diabetic, as it’s now believed — so he became a...2013 August 15, Michael Shapiro, “Discovering Dylan Thomas’s Wales”, in The Washington Post

Questions about holds one's alcohol

What is holds one's alcohol the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Holds one's alcohol is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's alcohol.

Words near holds one's alcohol in the dictionary

  1. holds it down
  2. holds it in
  3. holds it together
  4. holds off
  5. holds on
  6. holds one's alcohol
  7. holds one's breath
  8. holds one's drink
  9. holds one's fire
  10. holds one's head high
  11. holds one's horses

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