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be on the wagon

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be on the wagon

To maintain one's sobriety; to abstain from alcohol. Jim's on the wagon again, so he doesn't want to go to the bar with us tonight.

See also: on, wagon

be on the wagon

someone who is on the wagon has decided not to drink any alcohol for a period of time He'd been an alcoholic once, but when I met him he'd been on the wagon for about five years.

See fall off the wagon, hitch wagon to

See also: on, wagon