to tie one on

  • 1Tie One On — EP (Live) by The Bouncing Souls Released November 10, 1998 Recorded …

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  • 2tie one's hands — index handcuff Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3Tie One — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Tie One imagesize = caption = birthname = Jonathan Lim birthdate = June 19 1979 location = Philippines deathdate = March 18 1998 deathplace = San Francisco, USA nationality = American field = Graffiti training =… …

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  • 4tie one on — phrasal slang : to get drunk * * * informal get drunk * * * tie one on US informal + old fashioned : to become drunk He really tied one on last night. • • • Main Entry: ↑tie * * * ˌtie one ˈon …

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  • 5tie one on — AND lay one on; tie it on tv. o get drunk. □ The boys went out to tie one on. □ They laid one on, but good …

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  • 6tie one on —    American to go on a carouse    The etymology of this phrase is unexplained:     We could tie one good one on, two days, three days, five empty bottles at the foot of the bed. (Mailer, 1965) …

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  • 7tie one on — verb To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of becoming drunk. Haiti . . . was distressed, tropical, ramshackle, overcrowded, poor and on the brink of civil war. . . . Its ornate hotels were in a state of decay, yet there was enough alcohol… …

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  • 8tie one's tongue — phrasal : to compel one to remain silent : constrain one to secrecy …

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  • 9tie one on — vb to get drunk. Like its synonym, hang one on, this phrase was a 1930s American ism, now heard in other English speaking areas. The precise etymology of these expressions is not clear, but both proba bly convey the image of attacking a quan tity …

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  • 10tie one's tongue — shut one s mouth, not speak …

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