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on the piss

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

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
    • We're going out on the piss tonight. Want to come?
    • Life is meaningless, when I've been on the piss.2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, →ISBN, page 50

Synonyms of on the piss

All synonyms of on the piss

Origin of on the piss

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

Questions about on the piss

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

Words near on the piss in the dictionary

  1. on the part of
  2. on the pat and mick
  3. on the pdq
  4. on the phone
  5. on the pill
  6. on the piss
  7. on the plus side
  8. on the point of
  9. on the premises
  10. on the prod
  11. on the prowl

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