hit the bottle
phrase
as in drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
He told others in the group about how he used to immediately hit the bottle after work.
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“Hit the bottle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20the%20bottle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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