have a few

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

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

   "Are you drunk?" "I've had a few." "You sound drunk," Maria said.

   1999 John Kaye, Stars Screaming, Atlantic Monthly Press, p119

   3 more examples

   'Course, once he's had a few, the old man'll gab the hind leg off a donkey.

   1983, Jaan Kross, The Rock from the Sky,, page 118

   I drink to be exciting. It seems I say the funniest things when I've had a few.

   2004, Robert W. Wood, The Weeds of God, Omonomany, page 68

   The phone at the lake house rings and rings, until my father's voice, very groggy — it's the way he sounds once he's had a few — is finally heard.

   2007, James D. McCallister, King's Highway, Screecher Creature, p28

   Synonyms: have a couple