on the grog

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English

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Etymology

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From on (regularly taking) + the + slang grog (any alcoholic drink).

Prepositional phrase

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on the grog

  1. (Australia, slang) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
    Synonyms: on the piss, on the sauce, on the turps
    • 2007, Amanda Astill, Tom Bromley, Michael Moran, Simon Trewin, Shopping While Drunk: Confessions from Modern Life, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 157:
      After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge than the tricky long yellow of the traditional method.

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