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hit the sauce en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of hit the bottle.
    • She adored him and never said an unkind word about him, although she said he hit the sauce every now and again. 2012, Analiese Douchay, The Flight of the Wood Nymphe, →ISBN:
    • Pat Crowley's been hitting the sauce pretty hard since Karen split, and he's got no head for it. 2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 120:
    • If you've done all you can, and everyone still hit the sauce a little too hard, take their keys, call them a cab, offer them the couch, or give them a ride if you are sober 2009, Christina Perozzi, Hallie Beaune, The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hitting the sauce Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit the sauce Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit the sauce Tense=Past lexicographic
hits the sauce Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

hit the bottle