bend elbow

bend one's elbow

and bend the elbow; lift one's elbow

to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. He's down at the tavern, bending his elbow. Paul gets lots of exercise. I saw him bend his elbow thirty times at a bar yesterday.

bend (one's) elbow

Slang

To drink alcoholic beverages.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Peachey	['pi:tʃi]
Ayliffe	['eilif]
Eireen	ie-REEN	Irish
Cvita	TSVEE-tah	Croatian
Gene	JEEN	English
Tushar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati