knocking back
Downing drinks quickly
Knocking back means drinking quickly or in quantity: We were knocking back beers all night.
It can also mean rejecting or refusing something: She knocked back the job offer.
In British and Australian usage, to knock someone back is to cost them: That car must have knocked you back a fortune.
- brushing offDisregarding without consideration
- brushing asideDismissing without consideration
- gulpingSwallowing hastily, noisily
- shotQuick liquor serving
- rebuffingCurtly refusing or dismissing
shooting down · toasting · glass · quaffing · guzzling · chugging · pounding · shrugging off · carousing · swallowing · boozing · imbibing · cold one · partying · drinking game · happy hour · last call · vetoing
knocking backsipping
Drinking in small mouthfuls
savoring · nursing · tasting · appreciating · nursing a drink
knocking backaccepting
Willing to receive
approving · granting · green-lighting · taking up · embracing
knocking backabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
refusing · declining · passing on · staying sober · holding back
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