SINCE 1828
overdrink
verb
over·drink
| \ ˌō-vər-ˈdriŋk
\
\
overdrank\ ˌō-vər-ˈdraŋk
\;
overdrunk\ ˌō-vər-ˈdrəŋk
\
or overdrank;
overdrinking
\;
overdrunk\ ˌō-vər-ˈdrəŋk
\
or overdrank;
overdrinking
Definition of overdrink
: to drink especially alcohol to excess
He was careful not to overdrink. overeating and overdrinking at holiday parties He had what he thought of as the medical-student syndrome—overworking and overdrinking, alternately, studying all one night on Dexedrine and drinking all the next to rid his mind of that heavy feeling.— Anne Tyler
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