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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

worry down drinks

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10Have you ever met this 12br 10"worry down one or two drinks" 12br 10with the meaning of "drink/swallow"? 12br 12br 10Should be AmE. 12br 12br 10Thanks.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10Have you ever met this 12br 10"worry down one or two drinks" 12br 10with the meaning of "drink/swallow"?
  • 12br 12br 10Should be AmE.
  • 12br 12br 10Thanks.
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 11font 00I've never come across it.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Have you ever met this 12br
10"worry down one or two drinks" 12br
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10Should be AmE. 12br
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10Thanks. 12br
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0And from the othere side of the U.S., I can say I've not heard it either.0-
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0 To me this phrase would imply the subject was having problems with drinking, and is having a struggle to swallow.0-
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0 I haen't heard it but when you 'worry' with something you are sort of fiddling with it, so I'd assume they drank very slowly and nervously, fiddling with the glass, for some reason. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10I haen't heard it but when you 'worry' with something you are sort of fiddling with it, so I'd assume they drank very slowly and nervously, fiddling with the glass, for some reason.12blockquote
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0 Yes, that's the sort of thing I would imagine. Or if you were waiting to go and collect some results from hospital tests. 0-
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