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have drink taken en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, humorous) To be (extremely) drunk.
    • My client had drink taken when he vandalised that wall, Your Honour.
    • The coroner wanted to know where the hell he thought he was going, and the Sheep explained that he was “going behind”, for he had drink taken and his bladder was weak. 1970, Eric Cross, The Tailor and Ansty, page 106:
    • Next day on the Earl's Court Road I had drink taken and they said, rather unkindly, that I was seen running down the center of the street swinging an umbrella and that I attacked poor MacDoon who only asked that I desist. 2010, J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
has drink taken Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
had drink taken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had drink taken Tense=Past lexicographic
having drink taken Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic