get one's load on en · VERB
Meanings
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(slang) To get drunk.
Everyone learned to stay away from him the morning after, as well as in the evening after he got his load on. But stone cold sober, he was still a mean son-of-a-bitch.
2007, John Maberry, Waiting for Westmoreland, page 89:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gotten one's load on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got one's load on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got one's load on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets one's load on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| getting one's load on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |