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English
Verb
drink out (third-person singular simple present drinks out, present participle drinking out, simple past drank out, past participle drunk out)
- (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, page 8:Yes, ... then, drink out drink out the glass!
1807, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poems and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith, page 23:that was very odd ! that so much punch could be drank out already!
- (rare, intransitive, by extension from eat out) To drink alcohol in a pub, bar, restaurant or other public establishment.
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