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Phrase(s): bend one’s elbow [and] bend the elbow; lift one’s elbow to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. • He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. • Paul gets lots of exercise. I saw him bend his elbow thirty times at a bar yesterday.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs