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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

be the worse for drink en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To be drunk.
    • Driver James Mitchell was the worse for drink. When he took duty at Carlisle on the previous evening, he was smelling of whisky; there were signs of drink on him at Beattock, and when they left Carstairs on the return journey, he was worse. 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

Forms

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was the worse for drink Tense=Past lexicographic
been the worse for drink Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
is the worse for drink Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
being the worse for drink Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

worse for wear · drunk · worse for liquor