have a couple

present singular third person has a couple · participle present having a couple · participle past had a couple · past had a couple

1. colloquialTo drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.

   It's like he sees me as a woman once he's had a couple.

   2005, Fay Freimuth, A Multitude of Mercies, iUniverse, page 155

   2 more examples

   He's kind of funny and likes to play the guitar when he's had a couple.

   1992, Wesley Gibson, Shelter, Harmony Books, page 144

   For even the puniest, wouldn’t know a muscle if it shook his hand at a party and said ‘Hello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oaf– once he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila!

   2008, Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters, The Rock from the Sky, Evans Brothers, page 41

   Synonyms: have a few