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on the grog

on the grog prepositional phrase: drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Australia, slang) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
    • After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge than the tricky long yellow of the traditional...2007, Amanda Astill, Tom Bromley, Michael Moran, Simon Trewin, Shopping While Drunk: Confessions from Modern Life, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 157

Synonyms of on the grog

Origin of on the grog

From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang grog (“any alcoholic drink”).

Questions about on the grog

What does on the grog mean?
On the grog means drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
What part of speech is on the grog?
On the grog is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the grog in the dictionary

  1. on the game
  2. on the go
  3. on the grid
  4. on the gridiron
  5. on the gripping hand
  6. on the grog
  7. on the ground
  8. on the half hour
  9. on the heels of
  10. on the high rope
  11. on the high ropes

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