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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Binge

What is the meaning of 'binge' in 'binge on sugar'?
  

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One goes on a binge by consuming an overabundance of any substance. It can be used literally or figuratively.

  • One goes on a binge by consuming an overabundance of any substance.
  • It can be used literally or figuratively.
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One goes on a binge by consuming an overabundance of any substance.

It can be used literally or figuratively.
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To binge on something is to eat a lot or do a lot of it at one time, to excess.

"I binged on sugar on Halloween and wound up with a terrific sugar high that kept me up all night."

I was so tired on Saturday after the work week that I wore my pajamas all day and binged on reality TV.

John is an alcoholic who had been in treatment, but at the convention he went on a binge

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