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noun ADJ. cheap | free There was free booze at the party. VERB + BOOZE smell I could smell booze on his breath. | bring, take We need to take some booze to the party. | turn to He turned to booze (= started drinking a lot of alcohol) when his wife died. | kick She's still trying to kick the booze (= stop drinking so much alcohol). BOOZE + NOUN problem PREP. off the ~ (= not drinking alcohol) She's been off the booze for a month now. | on the ~ (= drinking alcohol) He was dry for years but now he's back on the booze.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary