bend (one's)/the elbow

bend (one's)/the elbow

To drink alcohol, perhaps excessively. Come bend your elbow at the bar with us tonight! If you're this hung-over, you must have really bent the elbow at the party last night.
See also: bend, elbow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: bend, elbow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bend your elbow

drink alcohol. North American
See also: bend, elbow
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bend one’s elbow

and bend the elbow and lift one’s elbow
tv. to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. If you didn’t spend so much time lifting your elbow, you’d get more done.
See also: bend, elbow

bend the elbow

verb
See bend one’s elbow
See also: bend, elbow
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

bend (one's) elbow

Slang
To drink alcoholic beverages.
See also: bend, elbow
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • bend elbow
  • bend one’s elbow
  • bend the elbow
  • bend your elbow
  • crook (one's)/the elbow
  • crook one's elbow
  • elbow-bending
  • lift (one's) elbow
  • lift one’s elbow
  • lift your elbow