come the acid

English

Alternative forms

• come the old acid

Verb

come the acid

1. (slang, obsolete) to exaggerate.
2. (slang, dated) to make oneself unpleasant, especially by sarcasm.
   • 1970. Richard Llewellyn, None But the Lonely Heart, page 435

     Proper scrapper, old Ma. Nobody never come the acid with her.

   • 1988, Raymond Derek The Devil's Home on Leave, page 22

     'I know,' I said, 'but don't come the acid with me, friend.'

References

• Partridge, Dictionary of Slang, 7th Ed.