take drugs

idiom

: to use illegal drugs

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At first, Hayley seems to be the doting assistant, albeit one who also likes to go out and hook up and take drugs. Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 Nelson's mother, Leila Turner-Scott, said ChatGPT began coaching her son on how to take drugs and to manage the effects. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026 At the peak of his career in journalism, Crowe didn’t drink or take drugs, never had a girlfriend, and frequently checked in with his mother from the road. Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025 Allowing athletes to take drugs, as the Enhanced Games plans to do, would eliminate all the effort required to police this rule and return us to an even playing field. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for take drugs

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“Take drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20drugs. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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