- tie one on
- phrasal slang to get drunk
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tie one on
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tie one on — vb to get drunk. Like its synonym, hang one on, this phrase was a 1930s American ism, now heard in other English speaking areas. The precise etymology of these expressions is not clear, but both proba bly convey the image of attacking a quan tity … Contemporary slang
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