to drown one's sorrows
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Definition of to drown one's sorrows words
- phrase to drown one's sorrows If you say that someone is drowning their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them. 0
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Parts of speech for To drown one's sorrows
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
to drown one's sorrows popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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