be the worse for drink

verb

To be drunk.

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Meanings

verbbe the worse for drink (third-person singular simple present is the worse for drink, present participle being the worse for drink, simple past was the worse for drink, past participle been the worse for drink)

present singular third person is the worse for drink · participle present being the worse for drink · past was the worse for drink · participle past been the worse for drink

  1. To be drunk.

    Driver James Mitchell was the worse for drink. When he took duty at Carlisle on the previous evening, he was smelling of whisky; there were signs of drink on him at Beattock, and when they left Carstairs on the return journey, he was worse.

    1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be the worse for drink,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20the%20worse%20for%20drink.

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