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Phrase(s): *off the wagon
1. Fig. drinking liquor after a period of abstinence. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~; get ~.) • Poor John fell off the wagon again. Drunk as a skunk. • He was off the wagon for a year the last time before he sobered up. 2. Fig. back on drugs after a period of abstinence. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~; get ~.) • Wilbur is off the wagon and shooting up again. • He can’t be off the wagon, because he has never stopped using, even for a day.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs