outdrink
verb
out·drink
ˌau̇t-ˈdriŋk 
outdrank
ˌau̇t-ˈdraŋk
; outdrank or outdrunk
ˌau̇t-ˈdrəŋk
; outdrinking
; outdrank or outdrunk
ˌau̇t-ˈdrəŋk
; outdrinking
: to drink more than
especially
: to drink more alcohol than
During rodeo week, Las Vegas sells more booze than during any other week of the year: cowboys outdrink even bikers. —
Allison Glock
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Afterparty is a razor-sharp romp about two college kids trying to outdrink the devil in hell.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 19 July 2023
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
The main objective is to get out of hell, which can be accomplished by outdrinking Satan, which not so subtly makes real life something of a permanent hangover.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
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Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 19 July 2023
Humans have known about hamsters’ affinity for alcohol since at least the 1950s, when scientists in Texas found that hamsters could outdrink the common lab rat.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2021
The main objective is to get out of hell, which can be accomplished by outdrinking Satan, which not so subtly makes real life something of a permanent hangover.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
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“Outdrink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outdrink. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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