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in drink

in drink prepositional phrase: drunk, under the influence of large amounts of alcohol.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated, postpositional) Drunk, under the influence of large amounts of alcohol.
    • About two o'clock the following morning his daughter, who slept with her window open, heard a most fearful yell from that direction, but it was no unusual thing for him to bawl and shout when he was in drink, so no notice was taken.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of Black Peter

Questions about in drink

What does in drink mean?
In drink means drunk, under the influence of large amounts of alcohol.
What part of speech is in drink?
In drink is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in drink in the dictionary

  1. in difficulty
  2. in dire straights
  3. in disguise
  4. in doubt
  5. in drawing
  6. in drink
  7. in droves
  8. in dubio pro reo
  9. in due course
  10. in due time
  11. in duplicate

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