booze up
B2 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To drink a lot of alcohol at a party or get-together; or the party itself where lots of alcohol is drunk.
Literal meaning: To fill yourself up with booze (alcohol) — 'up' gives the sense of excess or completion.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To drink large amounts of alcohol, especially at a social event.
"They spent the whole weekend boozing up at the stag party."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
(Noun: a booze-up) A party or social occasion at which a lot of alcohol is consumed.
"The office Christmas party turned into a proper booze-up by nine o'clock."
Usage notes
Common in British and Australian English. As a verb, it means to drink heavily. As a noun ('a booze-up'), it refers to a party or occasion characterised by heavy drinking. Often used with a mix of humour and mild disapproval. 'Booze' itself is informal slang for alcohol.
Commonly used with
party night office Christmas session friends
Forms
Base
booze up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
boozes up
he/she/it
Past simple
boozed up
yesterday
Past participle
boozed up
have + pp
-ing form
boozing up
continuous
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