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[drown one's
sorrows] or [drown one's troubles] {v. phr.}, {informal} To drink liquor to try
to forget something unhappy.
When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr.
Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey.
When Fred lost his job and had
to give up his new car, he tried to drown his troubles at the nearest
tavern.
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