prop up the bar

verb

To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.

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Meanings

verbprop up the bar (third-person singular simple present props up the bar, present participle propping up the bar, simple past and past participle propped up the bar)

present singular third person props up the bar · participle present propping up the bar · participle past propped up the bar · past propped up the bar

  1. derogatoryidiomaticinformalTo spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.
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Chicago

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