have a few

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have a few (third-person singular simple present has a few, present participle having a few, simple past and past participle had a few)

  1. (colloquial) To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.
    • 1983, Jaan Kross, The Rock from the Sky,, page 118:
      'Course, once he's had a few, the old man'll gab the hind leg off a donkey.
    • 1999 John Kaye, Stars Screaming, Atlantic Monthly Press, p119
      "Are you drunk?"
      "I've had a few."
      "You sound drunk," Maria said.
    • 2004, Robert W. Wood, The Weeds of God, Omonomany, page 68:
      I drink to be exciting. It seems I say the funniest things when I've had a few.
    • 2007, James D. McCallister, King's Highway, Screecher Creature, p28:
      The phone at the lake house rings and rings, until my father's voice, very groggy — it's the way he sounds once he's had a few — is finally heard.

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