drink someone under the table

Related to word: drink

Idiom

Definition

  1. To consume significantly more alcohol than another person, often to the point of them becoming intoxicated.

    • He thought he was a heavy drinker, but John drank him under the table at the last party.

    • Don't try to compete with him in drinking; he'll drink you under the table.

    • I thought I could hold my liquor, but my friend drank me under the table.