put sth back

(DRINK) mainly UK informal — phrasal verb with put

/pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

› to drink something quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol: He regularly puts back six pints a night - I don't know how he does it.Drinking alcoholDrinking

(Definition of put sth back (DRINK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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