drink something like lemonade

verb

To drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.

Meanings

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

present singular third person drinks something like lemonade · participle present drinking something like lemonade · past drank something like lemonade · participle past drunk something like lemonade

  1. simileTo drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.

    The weasel drank his scotch like lemonade and before we had even touched upon our topic of interest he ordered another.

    2011, Joe Thompson-Swift, A Choice of Evils
    1 more example

    I had come to love sweet mixed drinks — whiskey sours, Bacardi cocktails, daiquiris — and I drank them like lemonade.

    1981, Mary Ann Crenshaw, End of the Rainbow, page 12
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