Hit the sauce
verb phrase
To drink liquor, esp rapidly and to excess; booze: If he keeps hitting the bottle they’ll have to dry him out (1889+)
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- Hitting
[hit] /hɪt/ verb (used with object), hit, hitting. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 2. to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree. 3. to reach with a missile, a […]