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falling-down drunk

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falling-down drunk

Severely intoxicated from alcohol, to the point of being unable to stand upright. On his 21st birthday, Jeff's friends took him to every bar in town until he was falling-down drunk.

See also: drunk

falling-down drunk

1. mod. alcohol intoxicated; very drunk. Poor Fred is falling-down drunk and has no way to get home.

2. n. a drunken person who falls down. One more falling-down drunk in this neighborhood will not be anything new.

See also: drunk