hit the bottle
Example Sentences
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But stress prompted him to hit the bottle.
From Washington Times
“Your mother, too. I mean, I saw her commencement speech and she’s saying, you know, she hit the bottle.”
From Washington Times
Per capita, however, America is far from an international heavyweight. Product review and comparison firm CompareCamp pulled together alcohol sales data from all over the world to see which countries hit the bottle the hardest.
From US News
Unfortunately, he accidentally hit the bottle against a table, breaking two holes into the back of the bottle.
From Chicago Tribune
An Arizona math teacher arrived drunk at her high school and hit the bottle again in the classroom, where she yelled at her students before one of the pupils alerted administrators, authorities said on Thursday.
From Reuters
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