ADV
- greedily
- I pulled the ring-top from the can and drank greedily
- down, up
- He filled a cup with water and drank it down in one gulp. Drink up, and let's go home
VERB + DRINK
- get yourself sth to, find sth to, have sth to
- Go and get yourself something to eat and drink
PREP
- from
- He drank from a tumbler
- through
- drinking lemonade through a straw
ADV
- excessively, heavily, to excess, too much
- He's been drinking heavily since he lost his job
- in moderation, moderately, sensibly
- One way of persuading people to drink sensibly is to provide good-tasting alternatives with less alcohol
- steadily
- She had been drinking steadily since the early morning
PHRASES
- drink and drive
- The campaign aims to persuade people not to drink and drive
- drink like a fish
- (= drink a lot) Simon was drinking like a fish that evening
- drink yourself to death
- He knew that he was probably drinking himself to death