take to drink

English

Verb

take to drink (third-person singular simple present takes to drink, present participle taking to drink, simple past took to drink, past participle taken to drink or (archaic or Scotland) tane to drink)

  1. (intransitive, dated) To begin consuming alcohol habitually and regularly, especially due to a personal problem.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ “take to drink, idiom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “take to drink, idiom.”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 13 August 2025, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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