tie one on

to get drunk or start drinking before the hang over from last night has worn off.

thus having something to “tie onto”

to tie one drinking session to another before the effects/consequences of the last have expired.
guy 1: hey, what’s going on there?
guy 2: i’m hungover as f-ck, they had quarter pitcher night at jake’s last night.
guy 1: so you’re just going to hang out?
guy 2: f-ck it lets tie one on.
guy 1&2: -crack open beers and commence drinking-
intentionally get drunk.
i’m going to the tavern to tie one on tonight.
get drunk for purpose of getting drunk
“when this is over i’m going to tie one on”
to drink with the intention of becoming intoxicated, as opposed for purely social reasons.
one will often tie one on when looking to have a good time or self-sooth

so do this thing with me
instead of tying on a tight one tonight
~interpol, nex exit
to get drunk.

it is thought that its origin dates back to the wild west in the 1800’s, where a cowboy would have to tie up his horse to a hitching post before he could go into the saloon and get drunk.

a british slang for this term, “tie a bun on”, also means “to get drunk”, however n-body is quite sure how someone came up with that one…
trying to figure out the meaning behind these slangs is making my head hurt…and driving me to tie one on.
to get drunk, sauced, hammered, sleighed, intoxicated, snookered, p-ssed, sh!t faced or wasted.
i tie one on and called some chick i met on the internet.
indulge in consumption of alcoholic beverages; probably until physical impairment sets in.
i got sacked today – f-ck it, i’m gonna tie one on

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