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lash back

lash back verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lash, back.

Verb

lash back (third-person singular simple present lashes back, present participle lashing back, simple past and past participle lashed back)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lash, back.
  2. To drink an alcoholic beverage in an enthusiastic or rapid manner.
    • A couple next to us were lashing back tequila, the whole salt-and-lemon vibe, and having a whale of a time. I felt like a priest and that's about as bad as it gets. The drinks came and we clinked glasses.2009 March 31, Ken Bruen, Cross: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 264
    • Also when I was young and lashing back pints, there was no great problem about it because I wasn't responsible to anybody. Then I got married, and later, when the kids were growing up, my drinking began to be a problem.2009 October 16, Brian O'Connell, Wasted: Sober in Ireland: A Sober Journey Through Drunken Ireland, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN

Forms of lash back

third-person singular presentlashes back
present participlelashing back
past participlelashed back
pastlashed back

Origin of lash back

Compare on the lash.

Questions about lash back

What does lash back mean?
Lash back means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lash, back.
What part of speech is lash back?
Lash back is a verb.
What is the past tense of lash back?
The past tense of lash back is lashed back.

Words near lash back in the dictionary

  1. Laseter
  2. Laseters
  3. lasgun
  4. lasguns
  5. lash
  6. lash back
  7. lash curler
  8. lash curlers
  9. lash down
  10. lash egg
  11. lash lift

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