Meanings
- AustraliaslangDrinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
1 more example
After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge than the tricky long yellow of the traditional method.
2007, Amanda Astill, Tom Bromley, Michael Moran, Simon Trewin, Shopping While Drunk: Confessions from Modern Life, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 157Synonyms: on the piss, on the sauce, on the turps
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseDrinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
Origin
From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang grog (“any alcoholic drink”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
on the grog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20grog
“on the grog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20grog. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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