hit\ the\ sauce

hit\ the\ sauce
v. phr. slang
To drink alcoholic beverages - especially heavily and habitually.

When Sue left him, Joe began to hit the sauce.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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