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take to drink

take to drink verb: to begin consuming alcohol habitually and regularly, especially due to a personal problem.

Verb

take to drink (third-person singular simple present takes to drink, present participle taking to drink, simple past took to drink, past participle taken to drink)

  1. (intransitive) To begin consuming alcohol habitually and regularly, especially due to a personal problem.

Forms of take to drink

third-person singular presenttakes to drink
present participletaking to drink
pasttook to drink
past participletaken to drink

Questions about take to drink

What does take to drink mean?
Take to drink means to begin consuming alcohol habitually and regularly, especially due to a personal problem.
What part of speech is take to drink?
Take to drink is a verb.
What is the past tense of take to drink?
The past tense of take to drink is took to drink.

Words near take to drink in the dictionary

  1. take time by the forelock
  2. take time off
  3. take time out
  4. take to
  5. take to court
  6. take to drink
  7. take to heart
  8. take to one's bed
  9. take to one's bosom
  10. take to one's heels
  11. take to one's scrapers

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