as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers
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For example, if the couple sipped Moscow Mules on their first date, serve a First Date Mule at the wedding reception.—
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Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Within an hour’s drive, travelers can stroll along the emerald waters of Green Lakes State Park, stroll through the charming town of Skaneateles, New York, sip wine in the Finger Lakes region, and hit the slopes at Song Mountain Resort.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Follow the flickering jack-o-lanterns to The Meadow for games, music and seasonal food and drink around the firepits.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps a whale or a shark would arrive to gulp down the passengers, one by one.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Both bands specialize in grooves that feel bulbous and fetid: kick drums gulping with fear, flickering guitars evoking lantern light.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Pound (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pound%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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