on the sauce

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang sauce (“any alcoholic drink”).

Prepositional phrase[edit]

on the sauce

  1. (slang) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

Synonyms[edit]

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