liquoring (up)

verb

present participle of liquor (up)
as in drinking
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages the men liquored up at the roadhouse and then thought it would be a good idea to go hunting

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  1. drinking
  2. boozing
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  • For chemicals classified as possible human carcinogens, MCLGs are typically set at a level where drinking the water daily for 70 years would cause one additional cancer case per 1 million people above the background rate.
    — Christine Kirchhoff, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Traditionally, mate is passed around a group, with friends and family members often drinking from the same bombilla.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of drinking
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  • Still, Garance’s death stare into the void, where this woman is still hard-boozing 90 minutes into the movie, starts to run its premise thin despite Exarchopoulos’ terrific and totally internalized turn.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • Ferrara makes no bones about the catastrophic consequences of so much boozing and chasing the dragon on his personal life and finances.
    — Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of boozing
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“Liquoring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquoring%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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