imbibe
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Synonyms
belt (down), drink, gulp, guzzle, hoist, knock back, pound (down), quaff, sip, slug (down), slurp, sup, swig, swill, toss (down or off)
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While some freedom for Western behavior (imbibing homebrews, for instance) was allowed within Aramco’s compounds, in general Aramco’s expats had little choice but to behave as their Muslim peers behaved. — Darren Dochuk, The New Republic, "Men of God and the Genesis of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship," 17 July 2019 On Burlingame Avenue, the main business district artery, people were shopping, dining, imbibing, strolling, biking and hobnobbing. — John Horgan, The Mercury News, "Horgan: For solitary older adults, it takes a village," 10 July 2019 Delta previously had a mixed reputation with those looking to imbibe at 30,000 feet. — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, "Sip in the Cheap Seats! Delta Airlines Announces Free Cocktails Are Coming to Some Economy Cabins," 2 July 2019 Passengers chowed down using recyclable or compostable serviceware and imbibed hot drinks from first-of-their-kind recyclable paper cups. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, "The best $3,000 I ever spent: training for my unruly dog," 9 July 2019 Fish and Wildlife Service staffers also plan to be present on the island to remove mouse carcasses before scavengers and raptors like burrowing owls have a chance to feed on them and indirectly imbibe the poison. — Will Houston, The Mercury News, "Bay Area critics decry Fed’s plan to use banned rodent poison on Farallon Islands," 8 July 2019 View Sample Sign Up Now However, the day’s highlights definitely came towards the end of their day drinking date, after the duo had imbibed plenty of drinks and many, many shots. — Cady Lang, Time, "Rihanna and Seth Meyers' Day Drinking Adventure Included a Makeover and Pickup Line Practice," 21 June 2019 The latter is a cropped, ’90s faux-pas popularized by Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch and favored by over-imbibing Sigma Chis. — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, "Cargo Pants: The Most Hotly Contested Trend for Women," 14 May 2019 Whitman had imbibed a version of social Darwinism that predicted the decline of nonwhite peoples, Asians sometimes excepted. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "How to Celebrate Walt Whitman’s Two-Hundredth Birthday," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imbibe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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