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MissLadybird Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"down the pub"

I know the word "down" can have different meanings: go down the street, go down south, etc. In British English it means "move away from the centre". However, the sentence "I bumped into him a couple of weeks ago down the pub and we had a drink" seems a bit unusual to me. What exactly does "down" mean here?
  

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Hi, I know the word "down" can have different meanings: go down the street, go down south, etc. In British English it means "move away from the centre". However, the sentence "I bumped into him a couple of weeks ago down the pub and we had a drink" seems a bit unusual to me.

— Clive

  • Hi, I know the word "down" can have different meanings: go down the street, go down south, etc.
  • In British English it means "move away from the centre".
  • However, the sentence "I bumped into him a couple of weeks ago down the pub and we had a drink" seems a bit unusual to me.
  • What exactly does "down" mean here?
  • It's short for 'down at the pub'.
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Hi,
I know the word "down" can have different meanings: go down the street, go down south, etc. In British English it means "move away from the centre". However, the sentence "I bumped into him a couple of weeks ago down the pub and we had a drink" seems a bit unusual to me. What exactly does "down" mean here?

It's short for 'down at the pub'.

In informal Engli
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Ah, thanks a lot. I didn't know that meaning ("familiar" or "close") and the dictionary does not have this definition either. Yes, this is British English.
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It's a colloquialism.

"Down (at) the pub"

"Down (to) the pub"

Meaning, out drinking at the pub.

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