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down verb- to finish a drink UK, 1922
- “I cannot see what difference another bar will make,” said stockbroker Nick Hair, downing his pint outside Ozzie’s. — The Guardian, 24 May 2003
- to sell stolen goods US
- Ten minutes later he walked up to me and said, “Babs, baby, I know I downed your vines, so here’s the tickets.” — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 52, 1967
- “And you won’t have no trouble downing your stuff in the Logan.” — Robert Deane Pharr, S.R.O., p. 468, 1971
- Sooner or later they have to try downing it and I want that ice hotter than a meteor, harder to move than the Rock of Gibraltar. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 99, 1990
- to conquer sexually US
- “I’m going to down at least four women in the next twenty-four hours.” — Elliot Liebow, Tally’s Corner, p. 144, 1967
- to kill US
- Snap saved me from a murder charge because I’m sure I was going to down Rock. — John Allen, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, p. 65, 1977
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