bend (one's)/the elbow
To drink alcohol, perhaps excessively. Come bend your elbow at the bar with us tonight! If you're this hung-over, you must have really bent the elbow at the party last night.
bend one's elbow
and bend the elbow; lift one's elbowto take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. He's down at the tavern, bending his elbow. Paul gets lots of exercise. I saw him bend his elbow thirty times at a bar yesterday.
bend your elbow
drink alcohol. North Americanbend one’s elbow
and bend the elbow and lift one’s elbow tv. to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. If you didn’t spend so much time lifting your elbow, you’d get more done.
bend the elbow
verb bend (one's) elbow
Slang To drink alcoholic beverages.