get one's load on

verb

To get drunk.

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Meanings

verbget one's load on (third-person singular simple present gets one's load on, present participle getting one's load on, simple past got one's load on, past participle (UK) got one's load on or (US) gotten one's load on)

present singular third person gets one's load on · participle present getting one's load on · past got one's load on · UK participle past got one's load on · US participle past gotten one's load on

  1. slangTo get drunk.

    Everyone learned to stay away from him the morning after, as well as in the evening after he got his load on. But stone cold sober, he was still a mean son-of-a-bitch.

    2007, John Maberry, Waiting for Westmoreland, page 89
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APA

get one's load on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20load%20on

MLA

“get one's load on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20load%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get one's load on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20load%20on.

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