Down
Down verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.
Hit the bottle and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hit the bottle" instead a verb "Down".
Nearby Word: downed
Hit the bottle
Down and hit the bottle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead a verb phrase "Hit the bottle".
Both terms in one sentence
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While in the present day she's a straight Gonk, the flashback sequence shows she used to be physically attractive from the neck down before Tom's death caused her to really hit the bottle, though another flashback sequence to presumably her 20s shows she was very beautiful before then.
Source: Butter Face -
One-shot characters Lurleen Lumpkin and Mindy Simmons (both of whom attempted to entice Homer into an affair): the former made several cameos where she appeared to be down on her luck before getting a follow-up episode, while the latter apparently "hit the bottle pretty hard" and lost her job.
Source: Put on a Bus to Hell
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