drink out

verb

To finish a beverage; to empty a cup by drinking the contents.

“Lift your glass and drink it out!”

Meanings

verbdrink out (third-person singular simple present drinks out, present participle drinking out, simple past drank out, past participle drunk out)

present singular third person drinks out · participle present drinking out · past drank out · participle past drunk out

  1. UKobsoletetransitiveTo finish a beverage; to empty a cup by drinking the contents.

    Lift your glass and drink it out!

    2 more examples

    Yes, ... then, drink out drink out the glass!

    1890, Carl Millöcker, Der Arme Jonathan: Operette in drei Akten, page 8

    that was very odd ! that so much punch could be drank out already!

    1807, Oliver Goldsmith, The Poems and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith, page 23
  2. broadlyintransitiverareTo drink alcohol in a pub, bar, restaurant or other public establishment.
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