wine up
C1 informal separable both
In simple words
To give someone lots of wine to drink, or to get tipsy on wine.
Literal meaning: To fill someone up with wine — transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To provide someone with a plentiful supply of wine, often as a form of hospitality or to put them in a good mood.
"The hosts wined everyone up before the main course arrived."
Grammar: separable
2 C1 informal
To become mildly intoxicated from drinking wine.
"By the time the film started, they were all nicely wined up and in a great mood."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Informal and relatively rare. Used in casual spoken English. May also refer to someone getting themselves in a wine-fuelled mood. Not found in most major dictionaries.
Commonly used with
guests friends evening party dinner
Forms
Base
wine up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
wines up
he/she/it
Past simple
wined up
yesterday
Past participle
wined up
have + pp
-ing form
wining up
continuous
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