to drown problems in alcohol

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• drown your sorrows — phrase to get drunk in order to try to forget your problems Thesaurus: to drink alcohol, or to be drunksynonym Main entry: drown * * * drown your ˈfears/ˈloneliness/ˈsorrows, etc. idiom (especially humorous) to …   Useful english dictionary

• drown — [draun] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to die from being under water for too long, or to kill someone in this way ▪ Many people drowned when the boat overturned. ▪ Jane was drowned in the river.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• drown one's troubles — See: DROWN ONE S SORROWS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drown one's troubles — See: DROWN ONE S SORROWS …   Dictionary of American idioms

• drown — verb 1 (I, T) to die from being under water for too long or to kill someone in this way: The woman drowned while swimming in the sea. 2 also drown out (T) to prevent a sound from being heard by making a loud noise: His voice was drowned out by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• drown one's sorrows — drink alcohol to forget one s problems He s in the bar drowning his sorrows with a beer …   Idioms and examples

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