To drink more alcohol than another person until they are drunk or unable to continue, always used in the fixed expression 'drink someone under the table'.
Drink so much more alcohol than another person that they get drunk and give up while you are still fine.
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
To consume more alcohol than another person, leaving them drunk while you remain comparatively sober. Used in the fixed expression 'drink someone under the table'.
"She could drink any of the lads under the table and still be up for work at six the next morning."
To drink until someone else falls under the table from intoxication.
Drink so much more alcohol than another person that they get drunk and give up while you are still fine.
Almost exclusively used as part of the fixed idiom 'drink someone under the table'. Used in a boastful or humorous context. More common in informal British and American English.
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