use

use

slang To take illicit drugs, especially habitually. A: "You want a hit of this crack pipe?" B: "Nah man, I don't use anymore." Tom has been acting really weird lately. I think he may be using again.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

use

(juz)
tv. & in. to use (drugs); to take drugs habitually. (Drugs and now widely known.) I tried to stop using, but I couldn’t.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (it's/there's) no good crying over spilt milk
  • (it's/there's) no use crying over spilled milk
  • (it's/there's) no use crying over spilt milk
  • (one) could use (something)
  • (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
  • a fat lot of good/help/use
  • a fat lot of use
  • as much use as a chocolate fireguard
  • be (of) no use to man or beast
  • be in use
  • be in/out of use
  • be no good/use to man or beast
  • be no use
  • be of use
  • be out of use
  • Can I use your powder room?
  • close enough to use the same toothpick
  • come into use
  • come into/go out of use
  • Could I use your powder room?
  • cry over spilt milk, don't
  • crying over spilled milk, it's no good/use
  • elbow grease, to use
  • firm hand
  • go out of use
  • have (a) use for (someone or something)
  • have (someone's or something's) uses
  • have no use for
  • have no use for (someone or something)
  • have no use for somebody/something
  • have use for
  • have your, his, its, etc. uses
  • I, you, etc. could use a drink, etc.
  • in use
  • it's no good/use crying over spilt milk
  • it's no use
  • it's no use (doing something)
  • it's no use crying over spilled milk
  • Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it
  • keep a thing seven years, and you'll (always) find a use for it
  • lose the use of
  • lose the use of (something)
  • make use of
  • make use of (someone or something)
  • make use of somebody/something
  • May I use your powder room?
  • neither use nor ornament
  • no earthly (something)
  • no earthly use
  • no earthly use, reason, etc.
  • no use to man or beast
  • no use, it's
  • pull strings
  • put (someone or something) to use
  • put (something) in use
  • put (something) into use
  • put (something) to good use
  • put in service
  • put something to good use
  • put to good use
  • put to use
  • puts (one's) trousers on one leg at a time (just like everybody else)
  • race card
  • some shut-eye
  • there's no use
  • try every trick in the book
  • try, use, etc. every trick in the book
  • use
  • use (a little) (bit of) elbow grease
  • use (one's) coconut
  • use (one's) head
  • use (one's) head for more than (just) a hat rack
  • use (one's) head for more than something to keep (one's) ears apart
  • use (one's) loaf
  • use (one's) noggin
  • use (one's) noodle
  • use (someone or something) as (something)
  • use (someone or something) as an excuse (for something)
  • use (someone or something) for (something)
  • use (something) as a carrot
  • use (something) before (some date)
  • use (something) by (some date)
  • use (something) over
  • use (something) with (something)
  • use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  • use as
  • use as an excuse
  • use before
  • use by
  • use every trick in the book
  • use for
  • use foul language
  • use head
  • use it or lose it
  • use one's head
  • use over
  • use some elbow grease
  • use something as a carrot
  • use strong language
  • use the bathroom
  • use the restroom
  • use the toilet
  • use up
  • use with
  • use your head
  • use your head for more than a hatrack
  • Use your head!
  • use your loaf
  • Use your noggin!
  • Use your noodle!
  • what's the good of
  • What's the use (of doing something)?
  • what's the use?
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If organizations that use microfilm for the preservation of information with permanent value will require their in-house filming group and/or service bureau to use the correct (polyester-based) film stock, to follow prescribed filming procedures, and to make tests that confirm that the amount of thiosulfate remaining in the processed film does not exceed the amount specified in the standard, then and only then can they be assured that their film-based images will be retrievable for at least 500 years.