pour one out

verb

To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.

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Meanings

verbpour one out (third-person singular simple present pours one out, present participle pouring one out, simple past and past participle poured one out)

present singular third person pours one out · participle present pouring one out · participle past poured one out · past poured one out

  1. To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.
  2. idiomaticTo express respect or tribute for someone or something that is lost or gone.
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Chicago

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