under the influence
Definition
› drunk: Driving under the influence is a very serious offence.Drunkenness and sobriety
(Definition of under the influence from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a drop too much (to drink) idiom
- alcoholic noun
- alcoholism noun
- battered adjective (DRUNK)
- be as high as a kite idiom
- beer goggles noun
- binge drinking noun
- blasted adjective (DRUNK)
- bombed adjective
- inebriated adjective
- intoxicated adjective
- intoxicating adjective
- intoxication noun
- legless adjective
- sober (sb) up phrasal verb
- sobriety noun (NOT DRUNK)
- soused adjective
- sozzled adjective
- squiffy adjective
- whacked adjective
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