Definition
To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk
Origins
From earlier tie a bun on, where bun means “bender, drunken spree” and probably comes from bung. First attested in the 1940s.
In Context
- ""Let's tie one on!" said Peachy gaily. "Come on, Eve!" Eve said she couldn't drink a thing. "Besides, it's fattening!""
- "Haiti […] was distressed, tropical, ramshackle, overcrowded, poor and on the brink of civil war. […] Its ornate hotels were in a state of decay, yet there was enough alcohol available for a guest to tie one on."
Also Said As
- hang one on
See Also
- drunk