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hit the bottle informal Start to drink alcohol heavily: his marriage broke up and he hit the bottle...- She suffered from manic depression, and when she died after a long illness, Bellany - always fond of the drink - hit the bottle with venom.
- ‘It was like an alcoholic hitting the bottle again,’ Raihala said.
- The significant jump in the number of women who are dying from alcohol-related illness proves that more and more women are hitting the bottle.
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