drink out

English

Verb

drink out (third-person singular simple present drinks out, present participle drinking out, simple past drank out, past participle drunk out)

  1. (obsolete, British, transitive) To finish a beverage; to empty a cup by drinking the contents.
    Lift your glass and drink it out!
    • 1890, Carl Millöcker, Der Arme Jonathan: Operette in drei Akten‎[1], page 8:
      Yes, ... then, drink out drink out the glass!
    • 1807, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poems and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith‎[2], page 23:
      that was very odd ! that so much punch could be drank out already!
  2. (rare, intransitive, by extension from eat out) To drink alcohol in a pub, bar, restaurant or other public establishment.

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